The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention) is at the top of a list of regulations shipowners and lawyers are urging states to ratify and enforce.
In a joint submission to the IMO's ongoing meeting, the International Chamber of Shipping and international shipping law association Comite Maritime International (CMI) have urged member states to push on with ratification of key conventions that are still well short of their entry-into-force requirement.
