Ship Recycling Industry is going ahead with HKC compliance

Ship Recycling Industry is going ahead with HKC compliance

9 May 2023

Engr. Mahbubur Rahman (25E) attended a meeting with a team from Norway today as HKC Consultant today. His statement on the interactive session is indicated below:

I am honored to attend an interactive session at Hotel Radisson Blue, Chattogram with a team from Norway today as HKC Consultant . The team included the Norwegian Deputy Minister H.E. Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, Ambassador H.E. Mr. Espen Rikter Svendsen, Senior Advisor, Ministry of foreign affairs Norway Ms. Anne Glad Fredriksen, BIMCO Secretary General Mr. David Loosley, Mr. Harald Solberg, CEO of Norwegian Ship owners’ Association, John Stawpert, Senior Manager ( environment and Trade, International Chamber of Shipping, Mr. Sotiris Raptis, Secretary general, European Community Ship Owners’ Association and other notable delegates. Our Ship Recycling Industry is going ahead with HKC compliance and European Ship owners are monitoring our progress. I wish Bangladesh will ratify HKC(Hong Kong Convention) this year which will be a landmark for Ship Recycling Industry around the Globe.

The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Hong Kong Convention), was adopted at a diplomatic conference held in Hong Kong, China, from 11 to 15 May 2009, which was attended by delegates from 63 countries. 

The Convention is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and to the environment.