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MT Wolverine Safely Moored at International Shipbreaking Ltd, LLC. (Photo: EMR)
International Shipbreaking said it has become the first yard in the U.S. to gain EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SSR) accreditation, after investing $30 million in compliant infrastructure.
The Brownsville, Texas site, part of EMR Metal Recycling, can now help EU-based ship owners as well as ships flying the flags of EU member states to responsibly recycle their ships at end of life.
The regulations set standards for environmental and health and safety compliance which go above and beyond stringent U.S. regulatory requirements. The International Shipbreaking facility meets EU requirements that ships are completely recycled on hard surfaces to avoid pollutants such as chemicals from paints contaminating the soil and water.
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Recent years have seen an increased awareness of sustainability
issues by governments, international organisations, financial
institutions, investors and consumers, also affecting the maritime
sector.
Introduction
Shipping is the lifeblood of the global economy, responsible for
the carriage of more than 80% of world trade. While carriage of
goods by sea is more carbon efficient than carriage by trucks or
planes, the combined shipping industry could make the 6th place if
added to the list of the world s biggest greenhouse gas (GHG)
emitting countries. The Third IMO GHG Study of 2014 has predicted
Two Korean shipping firms were world’s worst shipbreaking dumpers in 2020: NGO
Two South Korean shipping companies have won the dubious distinction of being named the world’s worst shipbreaking dumpers in 2020, as they breached global safety standards causing injuries and even the deaths of workers in developing countries in South Asia as they dismantled toxic end-of-life ships on beaches instead of safer shipbreaking yards, a non-government organization revealed Feb. 2.
The export of end-of-life ships from developed to developing countries are banned by the United Nation Environment Programme’s Basel Convention that was signed in 1989 and became effective in 1992.
Polaris Shipping was dubbed “the worst corporate dumper” in the world because of a series of accidents involving laborers in Bangladesh and Pakistan which occurred while they were breaking apart the company’s 11 carriers, according to Brussels-based Shipbreaking Platform. The accidents include four major one
Posted : 2021-02-03 19:42
Updated : 2021-02-04 09:25
Shipbreaking Platform revealed June 22, 2020, that, during an illegal night shift at Jumuna Ship Breakers yard in Bangladesh, Abdul Halim, 24, was hit by an iron bar in the stomach and seriously injured aboard the Stellar Knight owned by Polaris Shipping. Courtesy of Shipbreaking Platform s Twitter
By Ko Dong-hwan
Two South Korean shipping companies have won the dubious distinction of being named the world s worst shipbreaking dumpers in 2020, as they breached global safety standards causing injuries and even the deaths of workers in developing countries in South Asia as they dismantled toxic end-of-life ships on beaches instead of safer shipbreaking yards, a non-government organization revealed Feb. 2.
2020 marked the implementation of the much anticipated global 0.5% m/m sulphur cap regulation, commonly referred to as IMO-2020. However, the potential consequences from the fallout of IMO-2020 were overshadowed by the impact of COVID-19.
The pandemic also forced the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings planned to be held between March and July 2020 to be postponed and reconstructed on a virtual platform during the later part of this year, which effectively slowed down the pace of some key work done on the regulatory front. Even though the challenges posed by the pandemic remain a crucial issue for the maritime sector, it is not the only one, as the effects of climate change demand environmental issues to remain a high priority.