European Parliament Advances Regulation To Ensure Safe Recycling of Obsolete Ships

摘要

The European Parliament Oct. 22 voted to ratify a new European Union regulation intended to prevent the dismantling of obsolete ships in unlicensed and unsafe breaking yards. Under the regulation, a list of EU-approved ship-breaking facilities around the world would be drawn up to which EU shipowners could send old vessels for scrapping and recycling. Shipowners would be required to prepare scrapping plans that include information on the management of any hazardous materials in ships before they could be sent for breaking.