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CONTENT:
Introduction
Basel Convention, ILO & IMO Technical Guidelines
Developing short and medium term measures
Pre-cleaning and decontamination
Gas-free-for-hot-work certification
Industry codes and contracts
Practical manuals
National policies
Introduction
This page brings together practical
information and documents from various sources on the environmentally
sound management of ship dismantling.
The documents collected seek to serve
as a helpful reference tool for stakeholders seeking to develop
measures to reduce the impact of ship dismantling on human
health and the environment in the short and medium term,
while the negotiations on a legally binding instrument at
the IMO are on-going.
The Secretariat has compiled this information and placed it on its web site pursuant to decision OEWG-V/8 (paragraph 5, 6 and 7), adopted at the fifth session of the Open-ended Working Group to the Basel Convention.
Basel Convention,
ILO & IMO Technical Guidelines
- Basel Convention Technical Guidelines
for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full
and Partial Dismantling of Ships: Adopted in 2002
by decision VI/24 of the sixth meeting of the Conference
of the Parties. The
guidelines provide information and recommendations on procedures, processes
and practices that must be implemented to achieve Environmentally
Sound Management (ESM) at ship dismantling facilities.
- ILO: Safety and Health in Shipbreaking:
Guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey: Adopted
in 2004 at the 289 th session of the ILO Governing Body
( E , F, S ). They are designed to assist shipbreakers and
competent authorities alike to implement the relevant
provisions of ILO standards, codes of practice and other
guidelines on occupational safety and health. The Guidelines
are also available from the ILO in Bengali, Chinese,
Hindi, Turkish and Urdu.
- IMO Guidelines on ship recycling:
adopted in 2003 by Resolution A.962 (23) of the IMO Assembly
(E, F, S), and amended in 2005 by Resolution
A.980 (24) of the IMO Assembly (E, F, S). The guidelines have
been developed to provide guidance to flag, port and recycling
States, shipowners, shipbuilders, marine equipment suppliers,
and recycling facilities on “best practices”,
which takes into account the ship recycling process throughout
the life cycle of the ship.
- Comparison of the three sets of
guidelines (Basel Convention, ILO, IMO): an informal intersessional working group co-ordinated
by the United Kingdom compared the three sets of guidelines
between the first and second sessions of the Joint IMO/ILO/BC
Working Group (JWG) on ship scrapping. The second session
of the JWG expressed the
view that stakeholders should study the document in order
to seek information which would assist them in their implementation
of the three sets of guidelines. The report is contained
as Annex 2 to document OEWG5/2/Add.1 (E, C, F, S)
Developing short
and medium term measures
- Submission from the United Kingdom:
Provides information on the activities undertaken by the
United Kingdom with a view to improve global standards
in ship recycling.
- Submission from Poland: Provides
information on the legislative and practical means by which
Poland regulates ship dismantling activities.
- Submission from Peru: Provides
an explanation of the means by which the Government of
Peru addresses ship recycling activities at the national
level.
Pre-cleaning and
decontamination
- IMO Guidelines for the Development
of the Ship Recycling Plan: The IMO Marine Environment
Protection Committee (MEPC), at its fifty-second session
(October 2004), approved the following guidelines, which
provides technical information and guidance for the preparation
of ships for dismantling. (E, F, S)
- Submission from the United Kingdom :
Describes a method, which has been employed by the United
Kingdom, for pre-cleaning a vessel intended for sea-bed
placement.
- Submission from Poland: Provides
information on precleaning and decontamination
of ships bound for dismantling in Poland.
Gas-free-for-hot-work
certification
- IMO recommendations & guidance on “Gas-free-for-hot-work-certification” during ship recycling operations: The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO, at its fifty-third session (July 2005), issued MEPC Circular nr. 466 containing recommendations & guidance on “gas-free-for-hot-work-certification” during
ship recycling operations (E, F, S)
Industry codes
and contracts
- ICS Industry Code of Practice on
Ship Recycling: Developed in 2001 by an Industry Working
Party, established under the co-ordination of the International
Chamber of Shipping (ICS).
- ICS Inventory of Potentially Hazardous
Materials on Board: Recommended inventory form which
is annexed to the ICS Industry Code (2001).
- BIMCO Standard Contract for the
Sale of Vessels for Demolition and Recycling (DEMOLISHCON
2003): The Baltic and International Maritime Council's
(BIMCO) Standard Contract for the Sale of
Vessels for Demolition and Recycling (codename DEMOLISHCON).
Anyone contemplating the sale of a vessel for dismantling
is recommended to use DEMOLISHCON as a basis for negotiation,
as it takes relevant safety, health and environmental considerations
into account. DEMOLISHCON was last revised in 2003, in order
to incorporate references to the IMO Guidelines on ship recycling.
(Standard Contract; Explanatory
Notes)
Practical manuals
National policies
- Draft UK Ship Recycling Strategy:
The UK’s national ship recycling strategy, developed
by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(DEFRA). (English and other translations available at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/strategy/ship.htm)
- Submission from Peru: Provides
information on the legislative framework under which the
Government of Peru regulates ship recycling at the national
level.
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