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Press Article: What are the rules around ship recycling?

News & Insights 10 September 2021

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Akshat Arora, Senior Surveyor at the Standard Club, reports on a recent recycling webinar held by the Club, Sea2Cradle and Stephenson Harwood in Maritime Risk International.

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There have been several high-profile cases where ship operators have suffered reputational and financial damages, because of how their vessels have been recycled at the end of their service. The absence of one international and uniformly applicable convention for the recycling of ships can make this a difficult field to navigate for operators. Akshat Arora, Senior Surveyor at the Standard Club, reports on a recent recycling webinar held by the Club, Sea2Cradle and Stephenson Harwood on the topic of ship recycling.

The full article is available in Maritime Risk International's September issue, page 22-23, linked below, and on the MRI website here.

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