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The
MEPC reviewed the issue of ship
recycling and generally agreed that
IMO has an important role to play in
ship recycling.
IMO
play a role in developing measures
covering the preparation of a ship
before recycling commences, and a
co-ordinating role in relation to
the International Labour
Organization (ILO) and the Basel
Convention (on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal)
in recycling matters.
The
MEPC agreed that IMO, for the time
being, should develop recommendatory
guidelines to be adopted by an
Assembly resolution.
The
MEPC agreed to use as a basis for
the guidelines the “Industry
Code of Practice”, which was
developed by an Industry Working
Party on Ship Recycling.
The
industry group included participants
from Baltic and International
Maritime Council (BIMCO),
International Association of Dry
Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO),
International Association of
Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO),
International Chamber of Shipping
(ICS), International Tanker
Owners’ Pollution Federation (ITOPF),
International Transport Workers’
Federation (ITF), Oil Companies’
International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
and observers from European
Community Shipowners’ Associations
(ECSA) and International Association
of Classification Societies (IACS).
A
Working Group met during the session
and developed the following:
-
the
draft outline of IMO guidelines
on ship recycling;
-
views
on the role of IMO in ship
recycling;
-
a
work plan, including the use of
correspondence and working
groups;
-
a
preliminary draft Assembly
resolution on ship recycling
which would adopt the proposed
guidelines on recycling of ships
and invite the MEPC to
work further on the issue.
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