Tokyo – Leading
classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Koichi Fujiwara) has
issued a Statement of Compliance (SoC) to a ship recycling facility in Izmir,
Turkey, ISIKSAN SHIP RECYCLING and TRADING Co. Ltd. (Company Manager: Ömer
DOĞAN), verifying that the facilities are in line with the Hong Kong
International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of
Ships, 2009 (HKC).
Although the HKC has yet to
enter into force, ISIKSAN has carried out substantial improvements to its
facility in a bid toward safer and greener ship recycling as well as developed
the Ship Recycling Facility Plan (SRFP) required for a competent authority’s
certification according to the HKC.
ClassNK reviewed the SRFP
prepared by ISIKSAN, which comply with requirements of the HKC, and confirmed
that its ship recycling processes follow the SRFP in addition to conducting
on-site inspections before issuing the SoC. This marks the first time SoC have
been issued to ship recycling facilities in Turkey.
“ClassNK is glad to issue
the HKC Statement of Compliance and make its first step in Turkish ship
recycling facilities. We will keep and further strengthen involvement to
encourage safe and environmentally sound ship recycling practice through our
verifications.” says ClassNK’s Junichi Hirata, Project Manager of Ship
Recycling Team.
ClassNK will continue
encouraging safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in accordance with
the HKC through its issuance of SoC to facilities that meet the HKC standards.
For more information on this
topic, please contact:
ClassNK Executive Operations
Department
Tel: +81-3-5226-2047
E-mail: eod@classnk.or.jp
Source: classNK. 12 July
2017
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