Regulation

News and features relating to regulation in all its shapes and guises can be found here, from the IMO to regional and national level initiatives. If you want to read about the effects of regional developments, such as the EU Emissions Trading System before its extension to shipping was announced, this would have been your first port of call.

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WILL EU SHIP RECYCLING REVIEW MEAN CHANGES?

2024-02-19T12:42:00+00:00

The results of the European Commission’s review of its Ship Recycling Regulations are expected to be published in Q2 2024. What it says and what changes may materialise remain to be seen. More to the point, the coming into effect of the Hong Kong Convention and an apparent change of heart by the EU in a review of its Waste Shipment regulation could see EU-flagged ships being broken quite legally in Asian yards.