What is Green Ship Recycling?
With the rise in awareness towards maritime environment, the major changes in the process of ship breaking,has given rise to a new term – green ship recycling.
How Ship Dismantling is Done?
Ship dismantling or ship recycling is the process of breaking down a ship when it completes its operational life. The process of ship dismantling generally takes place in ship breaking yards in Asia. Learn how ship dismantling is done inside the article.
IMO Secretary Urges Member States To Ratify Safe Recycling Of Ships Convention
Ten years after the adoption of IMO’s Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, in May 2009, there has been progress with voluntary application of its requirements.
BIMCO: EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism
Only nine shipyards, out of 26, on the EU list of approved recycling facilities are realistically open for ship recycling, and only three of the 26 could recycle a large ship, a study commissioned by BIMCO shows.
10 Types of Ship Disposal Techniques
A variety of ship disposal techniques have been used in the maritime industry since the start. Some of these methods have been discontinued whereas some are still used in several parts of the world. Learn more about ten major ship disposal techniques.
IMO: Japan Accedes To Ship Recycling Convention
IMO’s treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling has received another boost. Japan has become the 10th country to become a Party to the Hong Kong Convention.
The Role Of A Cash Buyer in Ship Recycling
Companies within the ship recycling industry are known as cash buyers when they purchase a vessel with 100% cash. In turn, the cash buyer sells the vessel to a recycler in any one of the ship recycling countries.
Legal Issues And Arrest Of Scrap Ships Can Sour Deals For Indian Cash Buyers
Shashank Agrawal, vice-president legal of Wirana Shipping Corp, Singapore, looks at the problems facing cash buyers and ship recyclers and suggest ways of overcoming them with strong leadership and support from the new Indian government.
Turkey Ratifies IMO Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention
Turkey, one of the five major ship recycling countries in the world, has ratified the IMO Hong Kong Convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling.