Better ship recycling gaining ground
A report on ECSA's recent mission to India's ship-recycling facilities in Alang in the state of Gujarat has now been published.
In order to help facilitate the global ratification of the IMO's 2009 Hong Kong international convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (HKC), the EU adopted the European ship recycling regulation in 2013. It includes a list of approved ship-recycling facilities for ships flying the flags of member states.
As a result, since 2016, non-EU facilities, including those in India, have received statements of compliance with HKC and have applied to be on the EU list. The mission was marked by the willingness of the side of the ship-recycling facilities, the Ship Recycling Industries Association SRIA and the Gujarat Maritime Board, to transparently demonstrate and critically discuss the actual state of play in Alang. (kd)