Hong Kong ship recycling Convention set to enter into force

A red-letter day! Sustainable ship recycling in South Asia just got a big boost with ratification of the Hong Kong Convention by Bangladesh and Liberia. 🚢

This means the convention for safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships will finally enter into force in two years’ time after a 14-year wait.

While many shipbreaking yards in India are already compliant with the HKC, this will allow time for other yards - including those in Bangladesh - to upgrade their facilities to gain compliance once the HKC becomes international law.

That will contribute to a much-needed increase in HKC-compliant shipbreaking capacity, given that as many as 15,000 ships will need to be recycled by 2032 due to decarbonization regulation, according to Bimco.

Sea Sentinels, with a track record of safe and sustainable ship recycling projects in South Asia and elsewhere, can provide yard vetting advice as well as supervision to ensure HKC standards are implemented and safeguard the ESG profile of shipowners.

Read the IMO article here.

Sea Sentinels has specialist expertise and long experience in safe and sustainable recycling of marine assets and can manage every step of the recycling process from benchmarking and vetting of yards and inventory of hazardous materials to independent on-site monitoring by expert and experienced personnel to ensure compliance with regulations, with auditable reporting to verify compliance. Sea Sentinels Norway AS is coming alive soon!

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