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    The document discusses the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, which aims to ensure ships are recycled without risk to health and environment. It establishes regulations for ship design, recycling facilities, and certification to control hazardous materials and protect workers.

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    Ship Recycling

    The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and


    Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Hong Kong
    Convention)

    • It is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching


    the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risk to
    human health and safety or to the environment

    • Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving


    the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold
    for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may
    also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, or ship recycling.
    • Modern ships have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years before corrosion,
    metal fatigue and a lack of parts render them uneconomical to run.
    Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to
    be recycled and made into new products.
    • This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in
    the steelmaking process. Equipment on board the vessel can also be
    reused.
    • While ship breaking is sustainable, there are concerns about the use
    of poorer countries without stringent environmental legislation. It is
    also considered one of the world's most dangerous industries and
    very labour-intensive.
    IMO Guideline on ship Recycling:

    • Regulations in the new Convention cover: the design, construction,


    operation and preparation of ships so as to facilitate safe and
    environmentally sound recycling, without compromising the safety and
    operational efficiency of ships; the operation of ship recycling facilities
    in a safe and environmentally sound manner; and the establishment of
    an appropriate enforcement mechanism for ship recycling,
    incorporating certification and reporting requirements.
    • Ships to be sent for recycling will be required to carry an inventory of
    hazardous materials, which will be specific to each ship. An appendix
    to the Convention provides a list of hazardous materials, the
    installation or use of which is prohibited or restricted in shipyards,
    ship repair yards, and ships of Parties to the Convention. Ships will be
    required to have an initial survey to verify the inventory of hazardous
    materials, renewal surveys during the life of the ship, and a final
    survey prior to recycling.
    • Ship recycling yards will be required to provide a Ship Recycling Plan,
    to specify the manner in which each individual ship will be recycled,
    depending on its particulars and its inventory. Parties will be required
    to take effective measures to ensure that ship recycling facilities
    under their jurisdiction comply with the Convention.
    ANNEX
    HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
    FOR THE SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
    SOUND RECYCLING OF SHIPS, 2009
    • ARTICLE 1 : GENERAL OBLIGATION

    • ARTICLE 2 : DEFINITIONS
    “Hazardous Material” means any material or substance which is liable
    to create hazards to human health and/or the environment.
    “Ship Recycling” means the activity of complete or partial dismantling
    of a ship at a Ship Recycling Facility in order to recover components and
    materials for reprocessing and re-use, whilst taking care of hazardous
    and other materials, and includes associated operations such as storage
    and treatment of components and materials on site, but not their
    further processing or disposal in separate facilities.
    “Ship Recycling Facility” means a defined area that is a site, yard or
    facility used for the recycling of ships.

    “Recycling Company” means the owner of the Ship Recycling Facility


    or any other organization or person who has assumed the responsibility
    for operation of the Ship Recycling activity from the owner of the Ship
    Recycling Facility and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed
    to take over all duties and responsibilities imposed by this Convention.
    • ARTICLE 3 : APPLICATION

    • ARTICLE 4 Controls related to Ship Recycling

    • ARTICLE 5 Survey and certification of ships

    • ARTICLE 6 Authorization of Ship Recycling Facilities

    • ARTICLE 7 Exchange of information

    • ARTICLE 8 Inspection of ships


    • ARTICLE 9 Detection of violations

    • ARTICLE 10 Violations

    • ARTICLE 11 Undue delay or detention of ships

    • ARTICLE 12 Communication of information

    • ARTICLE 13 Technical assistance and co-operation

    • ARTICLE 14 Dispute settlement


    • ARTICLE 15 Relationship with international law and other
    international agreements

    • ARTICLE 16 Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

    • ARTICLE 17 Entry into force

    • ARTICLE 18 Amendments

    • ARTICLE 19 Denunciation
    • ARTICLE 20 Depositary

    • ARTICLE 21 Languages
    CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Regulation 1 – Definitions

    Regulation 2 – General applicability

    Regulation 3 – Relationship with other standards, recommendations


    and guidance
    CHAPTER 2 – REQUIREMENTS FOR
    SHIPS
    • Part A – Design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships
    Regulation 4 – Controls of ships’ Hazardous Materials
    Regulation 5 – Inventory of Hazardous Materials
    Regulation 6 – Procedure for proposing amendments to Appendices 1
    and 2
    Regulation 7 – Technical Groups
    • Part B – Preparation for Ship Recycling
    Regulation 8 – General requirements
    Regulation 9 – Ship Recycling Plan

    Part C – Surveys and certification


    Regulation 10 – Surveys
    Regulation 11 – Issuance and endorsement of certificates
    Regulation 12 – Issuance or endorsement of a certificate by another
    Party
    Regulation 13 – Form of the certificates
    Regulation 14 – Duration and validity of the certificates
    CHAPTER 3 – REQUIREMENTS FOR
    SHIP RECYCLING FACILITIES
    • Regulation 15 – Controls on Ship Recycling Facilities

    • Regulation 16 – Authorization of Ship Recycling Facilities

    • Regulation 17 – General requirements

    • Regulation 18 – Ship Recycling Facility Plan

    • Regulation 19 – Prevention of adverse effects to human health and the


    environment
    • Regulation 20 – Safe and environmentally sound management of
    Hazardous Materials

    • Regulation 21 – Emergency preparedness and response

    • Regulation 22 – Worker safety and training

    • Regulation 23 – Reporting on incidents, accidents, occupational


    diseases and chronic effects
    CHAPTER 4 – REPORTING
    REQUIREMENTS
    • Regulation 24 – Initial notification and reporting requirements

    • Regulation 25 – Reporting upon completion


    APPENDIX
    • APPENDIX 1 CONTROLS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

    • APPENDIX 2 MINIMUM LIST OF ITEMS FOR THE INVENTORY OF


    HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

    • APPENDIX 3 FORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE ON


    INVENTORY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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