Japan may help India in boosting the country's ship
recycling industry. It is learnt that a 14-member Japanese delegation
comprising representatives from government departments and shipping industry
association, who visited Alang-Sosiya ship recycling yard in Bhavnagar
(Gujarat, India) expressed its willingness to aid improving the facility there.
The Ship Recycling Yard at Alang located near
Bhavnagar in Gujarat State on the western coast of Gulf of Cambay is claimed to
be the largest ship recycling yard in the world, in terms of number of ships
being dismantled.
The Ship Recycling Industries Association (SRIA) of
India on Tuesday agreed to the Japanese condition of adhering to the norms of
Hong Kong Convention (HKC), 2009, on the ship recycling industry.
Indian Express, a prominent newspaper in the country
quoted Mitsuhiko Ida, deputy director for maritime bureau in the Ministry of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, saying that Japan can
help India if India is ready to ratify the Hong Kong Convention. Japan can help
ship recycling industry of India if India cooperates with the global efforts to
put into force the Hong Kong Convention.
SRIA secretary Nitin Kanakiya said that the
association has no problem in conforming to the HKC. Majority of norms laid
down in the HKC are covered in Ship Recycling Code, 2013 of India. But, in
return, SRIA expects technological help from Japan for decontamination of ships
after they are beached.
Japan has a huge shipbuilding industry but due to
environmental concerns, it sends its decommissioned ships to China. Given the
change in diplomatic environment, this visit by the Japanese delegation is
important to India.
Ship Recycling Industries Association India is an
organization for Ship Recyclers in Alang/Sosiya, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Alang is
the world's largest ship demolition or ship breaking yard. Vessels that are no
longer capable for plying are scraped/recycled/demolished at Alang.
Source: marine link. 14 January 2014
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