8.1 Selection of the recycling facility
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.962(23) – IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling – (Adopted on 5 December 2003)Amended by Resolution A.980(24) - Annex - IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling - 8 Preparations for Ship Recycling - 8.1 Selection of the recycling facility

8.1 Selection of the recycling facility

  8.1.1 A recycling facility should have the capability to recycle the ships it purchases in a manner consistent with national legislation and relevant international conventions. This capability should be monitored by the appropriate national authority and should be in compliance, in particular, with the relevant Guidelines developed by ILO (Guidelines on Safety and Health in Shipbreaking) and the Basel Convention (Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships).

  8.1.2 Information on the above is not, currently, widely available. Competent authorities in recycling States should assess the capabilities of their recycling facilities and make available the results of those assessments.

  8.1.3 In selecting the recycling facility, a shipowner, in consultation with competent authorities of the recycling State, should consider, in the context of the above guidelines, the working practices and facilities in the ship recycling facility in question, including:

  • .1 its ability to handle safely, and dispose of properly, any potentially hazardous materials that may be present in the ship such as asbestos, PCBs, halons, petroleum products and other residues;

  • .2 the provision of appropriate and sufficient personal protection and safety equipment;

  • .3 the ability of a recycling facility to maintain and monitor the ship in a gas free condition and approved “fit for hot work” during the whole process of ship recycling; and

  • .4 other information such as safety records, training programmes for workers and assessment of the work quality.

  8.1.4 Some recycling facilities may be capable of recycling almost any ship in an “as is” condition. Others, even though technically advanced, may not be able to properly manage any resulting hazardous materials or wastes. In such cases, shipowners should, following discussions with the recycling facility, arrange to remove and properly dispose of those materials that the facility cannot manage.

  8.1.5 Where, after investigation, it is assessed that the selected recycling facility has no means of managing hazardous materials or wastes in a manner consistent with national law and relevant international instruments and guidelines, the shipowner should arrange for the removal of those materials to another appropriate facility or ensure that the facility obtains the technical capability to do so.

  8.1.6 While recycling facility selection is made on a commercial and risk management basis, shipowners should select facilities that are best capable of managing all relevant hazardous materials and wastes arising from the recycling process.

  8.1.7 In addition to the considerations set out above, the shipowner should consider the following:

  • .1 establishing the procedures to be used by the recycling facility in removing and properly disposing of any potentially hazardous materials;

  • .2 specifying the method of recycling in the recycling contract;

  • .3 reserving in the recycling contract the right to monitor the recycling process; and

  • .4 contractual provisions for incentive payments to ensure the recycling is carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines.

  8.1.8 The shipowner, having selected a recycling facility to recycle a ship, should inform the Administration and the competent authority of the recycling State accordingly.


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