Shipowners and recyclers ask Basel COP for removal of obstacles to safer ship recycling

BIMCO has drafted a paper to submit to the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-17), asking for more clarity and for obstacles to be removed as the Hong Kong Convention enters into force in two months. The paper has been prepared by BIMCO’s recently established Ship Recycling Alliance, which represents both the global shipping as well as the main ship recycling industries located in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Türkiye. With the document, the Alliance aims to present a full overview and increase the understanding of the…

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