The
Kingdom of Norway became the first contracting State to the Hong Kong
International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of
Ships, 2009, on Wednesday, June 26.
The
Hong Kong Convention is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after
reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risk
to human health and safety or to the environment.
First
Secretary Kristin Stockman, of the Royal Norwegian Embassy to the United
Kingdom, deposited Norway’s instrument of accession at IMO headquarters.
The
Hong Kong treaty will enter into force 24 months after ratification by not less
than 15 States, representing 40 per cent of world merchant shipping by gross
tonnage, with a combined maximum annual ship recycling volume not less than 3
per cent of their combined tonnage.
Source: maritime-executive. 27 June 2013
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