IMO: Difficult to make global scrapping-deal

IMO does not wish to set a date for when the Hong Kong Convention concerning the scrapping of ships could take effect. “The situation is complex,” IMO’s director of maritime environment tells Shippingwatch.
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN & LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT

On one hand, IMO London boasts the global environmental shipping agreements that took effect at the turn of the year: EEDI, meant to secure better designs, and SEEMP, meant to secure better operation of the vessels.

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