Leading category culture ClassNK has actually provided a Statement of Compliance (SoC) to “PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries Limited (PHP)”, a ship reusing center in Chattogram (Chittagong), Bangladesh, validating that the center remains in line with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe as well as Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (HKC).

While ClassNK has actually until now provided 34 Statements of Compliance to deliver reusing centers around the world, this is the very first one provided by the Society to a center in Bangladesh.

The declaration was provided upon testimonial of the Ship Recycling Facility Plan (SRFP) created by PHP as well as on-site assessments to validate that its ship reusing procedure adheres to the SRFP.

Image Credits: Andreas Ragnarsson, Bangladesh– Chittagong, 2016/ shipbreakingplatform.org

Speaking on the event,Mr Junichi Hirata, ClassNK General Manager of Innovation as well as Sustainability Department, stated “Upon completion of purely technical verifications, ClassNK has issued this HKC statement of compliance to the facility in Bangladesh. Acknowledging the efforts of the nation and its individual facilities and partners toward the ratification of HKC, I hope this step further will encourage safer and greener ship recycling practices following the HKC standard. As well as other ship recycling facilities with our SoCs, ClassNK will continue monitoring compliance by PHP through periodical audits.”

Reference: classnk.or.jp