Ships due for scrapping
contain many different kinds of dangerous materials and have to be taken care
of responsibly, both for the sake of the environment but also for workers in
the breaker yards
A unanimous Parliament has
just passed a law that enables Denmark to ratify the UN’s Hong Kong Convention
on ship scrapping.
“It is a good day for the
environment as well as those who work in the ship breaking industry every time
a country ratifies the convention. Shipping is a global industry for which we
need international rules,” said the environment minister, Esben Lunde Larsen.
The convention is now a step
closer to coming into force. In order to do so, it needs to be ratified by at
least 15 countries and, up until now, only six other countries have done so.
Sending a
strong signal
“With Denmark’s
ratification, we are sending a strong signal to other countries that it is
important to prioritise responsible ship scrapping,” said Larsen.
He added that “the more
countries that sign, the quicker the convention can enter into force. For
example, India [one of the leading scrapping nations] has indicated they are
ready to ratify once the EU countries have done so.”
Now that the law has been
passed, it will take about a month for the formal ratification process to be
completed.
A valuable
resource
Worldwide, approximately
1,000 merchant ships are broken up annually and valuable materials such as
steel can be reused.
Most of the ships end up in
Asia, although Danish-operated ships are typically broken up in yards in India,
China and Turkey.
Source:
Copenhagen Post. 11th May
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