European carriers calls for IMO action on scrapping

The shipping industry must scrap its end-of-life ships in a responsible manner, and it is high time for the IMO to ratify the much-awaited Hong Kong convention, says the European shipowners' association.
Photo: IMO
Photo: IMO
BY LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT

It is high time that the long-awaited convention aimed at responsible shipbreaking, the Hong Kong convention, is ratified, says the European Community Shipowners' Association, ECSA, which in light of the EU's coming regulations on this area is calling for a push to secure international legislation.

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