The Statements of Compliance with the Hong Kong Convention (SoCs) are issued on a business-to-business basis. Yard owners have contracted classification societies – acting as... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
After several toxic trade disasters in the 1970s and 1980s, the international community came together to reject the free trade of hazardous wastes. Under the... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
Stricter environmental regulations in the Global North have caused a gradual increase in the cost of hazardous waste management and disposal. As a result, the trade of... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) on 20 November 2013. The objective of the... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
