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IHM & Ship Recycling

MAPPING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND RECYCLING RESPONSIBLY

We help you address and comply with IMO requirements on hazardous materials and responsible ship recycling through appropriate reviews, inspections and related certification aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and to the environment.

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IHM & Ship Recycling

The IMO Hong Kong International Convention

The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (HKC) was adopted in 2009 an is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and to the environment.

IHM & Ship Recycling

The Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) is developed in order to provide information on hazardous materials actually present on ships so as to facilitate the use of information by Ship Recycling Facility during recycling and to decide how to manage the hazardous materials in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

In accordance with the convention, the ship recycling will be executed in line with the inventory, with considerations towards the safety/health of laborers and prevention of environmental pollution.

Furthermore, ships shall only be recycled at ship recycling facilities authorized by the competent authority. Ship recycling yards will be required to provide a Ship Recycling Plan, specifying the manner in which each ship will be recycled, depending on its particulars and its inventory.

INSB Class offers shipowners certification in accordance with the Hong Kong Convention and/or the EU Regulation, regardless of the ship’s current class, as delegated and authorized by Flag Administrations as its Recognized Organization (RO).