Hong Kong Convention, a Milepost for Ship Recycling Industry in Bangladesh: a Review

EasyChair Preprint 10871

Abstract

Ship recycling yard is needed for sustainability in the shipping industry. Every year, a lot of vessels are headed towards the yard to be recycled. As this ship breaking industry is very prominent for the economy as well as industrial improvement of the world, it requires a thorough evaluation to ensure the sustainability of the industry be maintained for a longer term. However, the reality shows a different picture due to severe pollution lead by improper management of recycling yard all over the world. The fact is, the resources are not vanished abruptly, it changes through time. Among all, ship breaking is one of the crucial industries in Bangladesh. As a matter of fact, Bangladesh is one of the top drivers in ship recycling industries with a turnover of USD 800 million. For the past two decades, Bangladesh had thrived in the business of ship breaking and recycling, however it comes with a downside –it caused bad impacts on the environment, health hazard and increased of death toll. To overcome pollution from this industry, a new convention is introduced in Hong Kong in 2009. This convention explains about hazardous material, identification, separation process through inspection and survey. The bottom line of the convention is to create an eco-friendly and green environment for the present and future generation. Nonetheless the issue arisen is the refusal of ratification on the convention by Bangladesh. The purpose of this paper is to find the relationship of green ship recycling in Bangladesh through identifying gap between Hongkong convention and the application of convention in the context of Bangladesh

Keyphrases: Hong Kong Convention, green ship recycling, recycling industry in Bangladesh, ship recycling method

@booklet{EasyChair:10871,
  author    = {Misaal Maruf and Anuar Bin Abu Bakar and Kasypi Bin Mokhtar and L Chuah and S.M.M Ruslan and M.R.K Chowdhury},
  title     = {Hong Kong Convention, a Milepost for Ship Recycling Industry in Bangladesh: a Review},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10871},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}