Ironing out ship recycling wrinkles
The IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009 (Hong Kong Convention) will enter into force on June 26, 2025. Whilst the ratification of the Hong Kong Convention is a positive development and brings the industry one step closer to responsible ship recycling, a concern has arisen that its requirements potentially conflict with those under the UN’s Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 1989 (Basel Convention) and the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention. In ...
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