Pakistan acceded to the Hong Kong Convention in November 2023, and ship recycling facilities in the country have since been working toward compliance.

Tokyo – ClassNK has certified Salam’s International, a ship recycling facility in Pakistan, as the first facility in the country to be certified by ClassNK for compliance with the Hong Kong International Convention for ship recycling*1. Based on this certification, the competent authority in Pakistan is expected to issue the Document of Authorisation to conduct Ship Recycling (DASR)*2 as required by the Convention.

Achieve safe and environmentally sound recycling.

Pakistan acceded to the Hong Kong Convention in November 2023, and ship recycling facilities in the country have since been working toward compliance. Among them, Salam’s International has actively undertaken improvements in both its infrastructure and management systems from an early stage to achieve safe and environmentally sound recycling. ClassNK has evaluated these activities and granted certification.

 Ahead of the Convention’s entry into force, 

Since 2012, ahead of the Convention’s entry into force, ClassNK has been providing certification for ship recycling facilities and has certified approximately 80 facilities, mainly in India and Bangladesh. With the expected increase in global ship recycling demand, the launch of a ClassNK‑certified facility in Pakistan expands the options for Convention-compliant recycling, while also contributing to improved safety and environmental protection within the country’s ship recycling industry.

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Promote ship recycling

As a third‑party certification body, ClassNK will continue to promote transparent, safe, and environmentally sound ship recycling through certification of facilities that meet the standards of the Convention.
*1 The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009
*2 DASR (Document of Authorisation to conduct Ship Recycling): An authorisation document issued by the competent authority under the Hong Kong Convention, authorising that a ship recycling facility meets the requirements of the Convention.

About: ClassNK

ClassNK, or Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, is a premier international ship classification society founded in Japan in 1899. It establishes technical standards for ship design, construction, and maintenance to ensure the safety of life and property at sea while protecting the marine environment. It provides surveys, classification services, and certification for vessels and marine structures globally.

About : SALEM International

SALEM International is a non-denominational German Christian non-profit welfare organisation established in 1957. It focuses on social, environmental, and educational projects, operating under the principle of peace (derived from Shalom) to help people and nature in need. Key efforts include children's villages, aid for the homeless, and ecological initiatives.

About : The Hong Kong Convention 

The Hong Kong Convention is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risk to human health and safety or to the environment. 

The Hong Kong Convention was adopted at a Diplomatic Conference held in Hong Kong, China, in May 2009 and was developed with input from IMO Member States and non-governmental organisations, and in co-operation with the International Labour Organisation (ILO and the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.  It intends to address all the issues around ship recycling, including the fact that ships sold for scrapping may contain environmentally hazardous substances such as asbestos, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, ozone-depleting substances and others. It will address concerns about working and environmental conditions in many of the world's ship recycling facilities.

Ship recycling yards will be required to provide a Ship Recycling Plan, to specify the manner in which each individual ship will be recycled, depending on its particulars and its inventory. Parties will be required to take effective measures to ensure that ship recycling facilities under their jurisdiction comply with the Convention.

Source : Press - Release 

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