India’s state of Andhra Pradesh wants to set up India’s most advanced ship-recycling facilities — yards that will not only meet the standards set out by the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships but will also be approved by the European Union from the start.
Driving this project is Ravindranath Reddy, deputy chief executive of the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board, who said the biggest difference between what he envisions for the south-east state and Alang — India’s current ship-recycling centre — is that no beaching will be involved.
