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Pakistan signs up for safer ship recycling

Pakistan has become the latest country to sign up to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound…

Fashion multinational invests millions in circular textile partnership

Zara’s parent company Inditex is taking steps to advance polyester recycling in the fashion industry. Inditex has joined forces with US…

11th Ship Recycling Congress

The event will focus on the latest and upcoming EU regulations, transparency and collaboration in ship recycling, IHM requirements, evolving…

Sustainable ship recycling pilot in Germany

Applied New Technologies (ANT), a manufacturer of mobile water jet cutters in Lübeck, Germany, is managing pilot projects for dismantling…

Adopt HK convention on ship recycling, urges Bimco

One of the world’s biggest international shipping associations is urging wholesale adoption of the Hong Kong convention for the safe…

Recycler Sean Daoud honoured for leadership, initiative and vision

The US Insitute of Scrap Recycling Industries has named metal recycler Sean Daoud as its 2023 Young Executive of the…

EEC scrapping ships for ‘green steel’

Dutch player Elegant Exit Company (EEC) has acquired Wan Hai 165 from Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines. The vessel…

Commission evaluates EU Ship Recycling Regulation

The European Commission is consulting on the EU Ship Recycling Regulation to gather views from shipowners, recyclers, industry, national authorities…

Waste shipment regs update wins MEP support

MEPs have largely backed proposed changes to the 2013 Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) but the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)…

EU strips Turkish ship recycling yards of ‘approved’ status

Two yards in Turkey have lost their status as EU-approved ship recycling facilities. They have failed to meet the standards…

Crucial stage in EU waste shipment rule changes

Controversial changes to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) have been backed in the European Parliament, setting off a timetable…