Providing
assurance in a safe and environmentally sound recycling process
At
the end of your ship’s life we provide assurance in a safe and environmentally
sound dismantling process. And during construction or in service we can help
you prepare your Inventory of Hazardous Materials, and provide verification
too.
Inventory of Hazardous Materials
(Green Passport):
The
Ship Recycling Convention, adopted in May 2009, aims to improve standards of
safety and reduce environmental pollution resulting from the recycling of
ships.
The
Inventory of Hazardous Materials (also known as the Green Passport) is a key
requirement of the Ship Recycling Convention. It is designed to aid safer and
more environmentally sound recycling of ships.
By
approving and verifying an Inventory of Hazardous Materials for your vessel, we
can help you to comply with the Convention and enjoy a number of additional
through-life benefits.
Wallenius
Marine AB attained a Lloyd's Register-approved Green Passport for its vehicle
carrier, Tristan
What is the Inventory of Hazardous Materials?
The
Ship Recycling Convention, adopted in May 2009, aims to improve standards of
safety and reduce environmental pollution resulting from the recycling of
ships.
The
Convention will require ships to have an Inventory of Hazardous Materials
(IHM). This is essentially an inventory of materials present in a ship’s
structure, systems and equipment that may be hazardous to health or the
environment. The IHM was previously called the Green Passport under the 2003
Guidelines on Ship Recycling.
Invaluable tool:
A
ship’s IHM is maintained throughout its life. Prior to recycling, details of
additional hazards in stores and wastes are added, and the document can then be
used to help the recycling yard formulate a safer and more environmentally
sound plan for decommissioning the ship.
As
well as being an invaluable tool for the ship recycling facilities, the IHM
also helps to raise staff awareness of the materials onboard a ship that may
require special handling.
IHM verification:
Lloyd’s
Register was the first classification society to issue an independently
verified Green Passport, in 2004. We provide an IHM (Green Passport) approval
and verification service for both newbuilds and existing ships.
IHM for newbuilds:
The
IHM for newbuilds is compiled by the shipyard and verified by Lloyd’s Register
during the normal construction survey process.
IHM for existing ships:
If
your ship is already in service, you compile the necessary information yourself
using an interactive template that we supply. This is completed by a ship
superintendent or by senior ship’s staff, with advice from our dedicated IHM
approval offices.
Once
the completed inventory is submitted to us for approval, we will arrange for a
surveyor to verify that the inventory is a reasonable representation of the
hazardous materials on board ship.
Additional benefits:
As
well as facilitating safer and more environmentally sound dismantling of ships,
the IHM provides a formal summary of hazards, which can help to promote better
hazard management onboard your ship, enhancing safety and enabling better
long-term liability planning.
It
can also aid your financial planning by promoting a better awareness of the
changing value of assets due to more stringent dismantling requirements, and of
potential onboard hazard liabilities.
The
IHM will help you demonstrate your company’s commitment to improving
environmental standards. It provides measurable and achievable objectives for
ISO 14001 certified companies and may also help to boost your reputation in the
market.
Summary of benefits:
- Helps ensure
compliance with the Ship Recycling Convention.
- Promotes better
hazard management, enhancing onboard safety enabling better long-term
liability planning.
- Promotes better
overall environmental awareness.
- Provides measurable
and achievable objectives for ISO 14001 certified companies.
- Aids safer and more
environmentally sound decommissioning of your ship at the end of its life.
- May help to enhance
your reputation in the market.
- Assists financial
planning through better awareness of the changing value of assets and of
onboard hazard liabilities.
- Assists with meeting the required TMSA elements. 3A and 10B.
Information for manufacturers and
suppliers:
Assisting
early compliance with the Ship Recycling Convention
What is required from manufacturers and suppliers?
Suppliers
to the shipbuilding industry should identify and declare whether or not the
materials listed in Table A and B of MEPC.197(62), appendix 1, are above the
threshold levels by completing a ‘Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity’ and a
‘Materials Declaration’ form.
The
presence of materials listed in Table A of MEPC.197(62), appendix 1, should be
checked and confirmed; the shipyard / shipowner should list the quantity and
location of these materials in Part I of the IHM.
If
materials listed in Table B of MEPC.197(62), appendix 1, are present in
products above the threshold levels the shipyard / shipowner should list the
quantity and location of the products and the contents of the materials present
in them in Part I of the IHM.
Table A
This
list is relatively simple as any vessel having equipment installed after
January 1, 2011 must be free of asbestos, free of PCBs since roughly the
mid-1990s, free of ODS no later than 2004 (depending on the country / various
extensions) and free of TBTs since approximately 2009.
Therefore,
to comply with various IMO Conventions a supplier should be contractually
obliged by the shipyard or shipowner to ensure that these materials are not in
the item(s) supplied.
Table B
These
items are not excluded, but, for new ships when the Convention enters into
force, must be listed in all homogenous materials if present in amounts above
the given threshold level. The same will
apply to new installation of machinery or equipment onboard existing ships.
Materials
listed in Table B that are inherent in solid metals or metal alloys, provided
they are used in general construction (such as hull, superstructure, pipes, or
housings for equipment and machinery) are not required to be listed in the IHM.
Material Declaration (MD)
Suppliers
to the shipbuilding industry should identify and declare whether or not the
materials listed in Table A or Table B are present above the threshold
level. This provision does not apply to
chemicals which do not constitute a part of the finished product.
Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDOC)
The
purpose of the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity is to provide assurance
that the related Material Declaration is in compliance with requirements, and
to identify the responsible entity.
The
above information should be viewed as a summary only. Please refer to
MEPC.197(62) – Guidelines for the Development of the Inventory of Hazardous
Materials – for full requirements and recommendations on developing the IHM.
Source: Lloyd’s Register
Group.
Other ship recycling services
ISO 30000 certification:
Through
comprehensive audits our Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) experts
provide independent certification of ISO 30000, the international standard for
recycling facilities, helping you demonstrate your yard’s credentials to
customers.
For
more information contact lrqa-marinebsc@lr.org
Approval of hazardous materials service suppliers:
We
independently approve service suppliers who have met our requirements for
onboard inspection and testing of hazardous materials. A list of these companies
is available at www.cdlive.lr.org
Final survey:
A
final survey to review the Inventory of Hazardous Materials against the Ship
Recycling Plan and Recycling Facility Plan will be a key requirement of the
Hong Kong Convention. We can provide this in the interim period before the
Convention enters into force.
Audit during recycling:
Audit
during recycling is an extension to the final survey that helps give you
reassurance that your ship is being recycled safely. We audit the recycling
facility before, during and after dismantling of your vessel, including
downstream waste management, to provide independent verification of best
practice.
Source: Lloyd’s Register
Group.
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