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Asian owners slam proposed EU ship recycling regulationsAsian owners slam proposed EU ship recycling regulations

Singapore: Asian shipowners have hit out at a proposed European regulation on ship recycling saying it undermines the Hong Kong Convention and lead to a shortage of shipbreaking capacity globally.

Marcus Hand, Editor

March 26, 2013

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The Asian Shipowners’ Forum (ASF) ship recycling committee noted the EU parliament had started to debate the introduction of a levy on ships of any flag calling at European ports to an fund the auditing of ship recycling and draw up a list of yards compliant with the EU regulation on shipbreaking. The “beaching method” of scrapping ships commonly used in the Indian sub-continent would be banned.

“ASF has a serious concern about the proposed funding mechanism to finance environmentally sound ship recycling under the terms of EU regulation and its application to the non-EU flag vessels,” said Yuichi Sonoda, secretary general of ASF.

ASF instead backs the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (Hong Kong Convention), which has yet to be ratified by the required number of IMO member states to come into force.

“The proposed EU Regulation could seriously undermine the Hong Kong Convention and its adoption could consequently lead to inadequate ship recycling capacity worldwide,” Sonoda warned.

 

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Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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