The global ship dismantling and recycling industry is making significant progress in the field of sustainability but this path is hindered and slowed down by regulatory conflicts and disinformation. He emphasized this the international association of the shipping sector BIMCO at a year since the launch of the "Ship Recycling Alliance", initiative to promote and support the development of these activities in a safe and environmentally sound manner, and to facilitate the implementation of the International Convention on Hong Kong for the safe and environmentally friendly recycling of ships that came into force on 26 June ( of 14 November 2024).

The normative conflicts to which the association refers are those between the Convention in force since the beginning of last summer and the Basel Convention on Movement Control transboundary hazardous waste and their disposal. The BIMCO explained that currently ships at the end of their full life in accordance with the Hong Kong Convention are still at risk of being detained in ports for violation of the Basel Convention given that some nations adopt the latter to regulate the recycling of ships, while others strongly support the Hong Kong Convention and others believe that the two, combined, offer the best solution. Observing that one can Discuss at length which of the two is more suitable to provide the basis for a safer and more secure ship recycling industry. sustainable environment, the association noted that they are currently legal conflicts between the two that represent an obstacle to the achievement of the ultimate goal of sustainability of the ship recycling.

Legal disputes - specified BIMCO - risk slowing down the progress of the construction sites that have already committed themselves to provide safe jobs and ship recycling environmentally friendly, and yet the industry ship recycling has made significant progress, with shipyards of India and Bangladesh that have invested in in certified systems, modern safety systems and a sound environmental management. Remembering that before entering the under the Hong Kong Convention, about 115 of the 130 shipyards of ship recycling were already compliant with this Convention, BIMCO highlighted that now that the Convention has entry into force these construction sites should not be ignored in the European Union list of recycling facilities for ships nor in the public debate as - he underlined The Association - are construction sites that represent the essence of the safe and sustainable ship recycling, whose improvements in this direction have been verified and certified by the major classification societies and authorities International.

He explained that it is estimated that over 16,000 ocean-going ships will have to be recycled in the next decade, more than twice as much as the number of ships recycled in the world in the ten years ending in 2025, BIMCO noted that they will continue to therefore enormous efforts are needed throughout the region South Asia to further improve the conditions of the workers and environmental protection in the recycling sector and the commitment of the shipping industry will also be necessary. shipping to recycle ships only at shipyards that comply with the Hong Kong Convention.