Leading classification
society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has issued a Statement of
Compliance (SOC) to Jiangsu Changrong Steel Co. Ltd. (CEO: Yung Wai Ching) in
line with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and
Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (Hong Kong Convention). This
makes Jiangsu Changrong Steel Co. Ltd. the fourth facility in the world to earn
such certification in line with the Hong Kong Convention.
Jiangsu Changrong Steel is
a ship recycling facility located on the Yangtze River in China’s Jiangsu
Province. In order to carry out safer and more environmentally friendly ship
recycling, the yard worked closely with nearby ship shipbuilding and repair
yard Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Co., Ltd., whose stakeholders include China
State Shipbuilding Corporation, and Mitsui & Co., to support the expansion
and improvement of its recycling facilities.
Under the Hong Kong
Convention, ship recycling facilities must submit a Ship Recycling Facility
Plan (SRFP) showing that the ship recycling methods being implemented at the
facility are safe and environmentally sound to relevant authorities. Jiangsu
Changrong Steel began developing its SRFP earlier this year, and turned to ClassNK
to certify its SRFP contents prior to the expected adoption of the new
convention. Working as a third-party
certification body, ClassNK auditors carried out a thorough investigation of
the facility and the contents of its SRFP before issuing Statement of
Compliance certifying the facilities and procedures were fully in accordance
with the Hong Kong Convention requirements.
With this certification,
Jiangsu Changrong Steel becomes the fourth recycling facility in the world to
be certified in accordance with the Hong Kong Convention, following Jiangmen
Zhongxin Shipbreaking & Steel Co., Ltd (Guangdong, China) in December 2012,
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Service Co., Ltd (Liaoning, China) in
September 2013, and Miyaji Salvage (Kagawa, Japan) in December 2013. All four
ship recycling facilities have been certified by ClassNK.
Source: maritime
executive. 18 December 2013
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