The luxury mega cruising yacht Vidantaworld's Elegant of the Mexican group Vidanta was sanctioned and subjected to administrative detention by the Port State Control Inspection Unit of the Genoa Coast Guard for serious violations of the law on ship recycling. The Coast Guard has announced that the unit, flying the flag of the Bahamas, built in 1988 and managed by a German company, was without the certification relating to the Inventory of Materials Hazardous (IHM), required by European Regulation No. 1257/2013 on the ship recycling.

The violation resulted in the elevation of a fine of 10,000 euros to be paid by the commander and the shipping company, in addition to the obligation to proceed with the Correct certification of the unit. Failure to comply is necessary to allow the ship to leave the port of Genoa and operate in European ports. The Admiral inspector Antonio Ranieri, commander of the port of Genoa and maritime director of Liguria, recalled that "the EU regulation aims to prevent, reduce and minimise adverse effects of ship recycling on human health, and environment, as well as to ensure safe and efficient management environmentally compatible hazardous waste generated by such hazardous waste. operations".