European ship scrapping tsar switches to new role

Emilien Gasc, the key figure in steering the European Union’s Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) in recent years, has taken up a new position within the European Commission.

In an email to colleagues and friends seen by TradeWinds, he says with the benefit of hindsight there are many things he wished he had done differently.

But Gasc, who has been EC policy officer waste management and recycling, describes adoption of the SRR as a “remarkable achievement”.