Leading classification society ClassNK (Chairman and
President: Noboru Ueda) announced that it has issued the world’s second
Statement of Compliance to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Service Co.,
Ltd. (Changxing Island, Dalian) confirming that it is in compliance with the
Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound
Recycling of Ships, 2009, the Japanese classification society said in a media
release.
The Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Service Co., Ltd
plant (Changxing Island) was established as a repair yard, but with ship
recycling being carried out on its 500,000m2 site and repair use dry docks, and
an estimated annual recycling capability of 1,000,000LDT (light displacement
tonnage: preliminary calculation standard for determining the selling price of
a scrapped vessel), it has one of the largest capacities of China’s ship
recycling facilities.
The Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Service Co., Ltd
developed its Ship Recycling Facility Plan (SRFP) in preparation for the
incoming convention. An SRFP is required by the competent authorities when
authorizing a Ship Recycling Facility to be in compliance with the convention.
As an independent third party organisation, ClassNK confirmed that the SRFP met
the requirements of the convention, and that the facility is carrying out
recycling according to its SRFP.
This marks the world’s second issuance of an SOC for the
Hong Kong Convention; the first issued to Jiangmen Zhongxin Shipbreaking &
Steel Co., Ltd. (CEO Liang Zhuo Quan) by ClassNK in December 2012.
Source: 27 September 2013
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