International Maritime
Organisation Secretary General Kitack Lim lauded the PHP yard as a role model
for others in the country
PHP
Family Ship Recycling Yard in Chittagong has received a Statement of Compliance
with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally
Sound Recycling of Ships, from international classification society Registro
Italiano Navale (RINA).
The
yard is the first to achieve Hong Kong Convention compliance certification in
Bangladesh, according to a report published by the Maritime Executive on
Monday.
International
Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Kitack Lim, during his visit
earlier this year, lauded the yard as a role model for others in the country.
GMS,
one of the major cash buyers in this sector, lauded the achievement as an
important development towards a more sustainable ship recycling industry,
further raising the bar in the standards for this sector in Bangladesh.
“PHP
Family yard has worked hard to improve their safety and environmental standards
by following successfully the Hong Kong Convention guidelines, which are
enabling the whole ship recycling industry to achieve sustainable goals for
ship recycling,” Dr Anil Sharma, President and CEO of GMS said in a statement.
The
Hong Kong Convention, adopted in 2009, includes regulations for shipowners,
recycling facilities, flag states and recycling states to ensure that
end-of-life ships do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and
the environment when being recycled.
The
European Union adopted the EU Ship Recycling Regulation in 2013.
The
European Commission published its first edition of the EU list in 2016. The
next edition of the list, expected to include yards outside Europe, is expected
to be published by the end of 2017.
In the neighbouring country India, 41 yards
have received Statements of Compliance with the Hong Kong Convention (seven
from ClassNK, 30 from RINA and four from IRQS), as of August, 2017.
Source: Dhaka tribune. 24 October
2017
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