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        克罗地亚同意加入国际海事组织《2009年香港国际安全和无害环境拆船公约》（Treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling），即《香港公约》。

 

        该公约涵盖了船舶的设计、建造、营运和维护，以及船舶回收的准备工作，以在不危及船舶安全和营运效率的情况下，推动安全和环境无害化的拆船。

 

        按照公约条例，在准备将船舶送去拆除时，每艘船都需备有特定的有害物质清单（inventory of hazardous materials, IHM）。拆船厂需要提供待拆船舶特定的拆船计划（ship recycling plan），根据船舶具体情况和有害物质清单说明每艘船的回收方式。

 

        目前共有16个国家加入了《香港公约》，分别是比利时、刚果、克罗地亚、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、法国、德国、加纳、印度、日本、马耳他、荷兰、挪威、巴拿马、塞尔维亚和土耳其。

 

        根据IMO透露，目前这十六个缔约国约占世界商船总吨位的29.58%。

 

        《香港公约》将在达到下列条件后24个月生效：（1）15个国家批准该条约；（2）各缔约国商船队合计占世界商船总吨位的比例达到40%；（3）缔约国每年船舶拆解总吨位不少于其总吨位的3%。

 

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Croatia becomes 16th member of IMO’s Hong Kong Convention

 

Croatia has become the latest country to accede to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling, the Hong Kong Convention.

 

The convention covers the design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships, and preparation for ship recycling in order to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recycling, without compromising the safety and operational efficiency of ships.

 

Under the treaty, ships to be sent for recycling are required to carry an inventory of hazardous materials, specific to each ship. Ship recycling yards are required to provide a ship recycling plan, specifying the manner in which each ship will be recycled, depending on its particulars and its inventory.

 

Sixteen countries that joined the treaty so far include Belgium, Congo, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Japan, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Serbia, Turkey.

 

According to the IMO, the sixteen contracting states to the convention now represent approximately 29.58% of the world’s merchant shipping tonnage.

 

The convention’s entry into force is expected 24 months after ratification by fifteen states, representing 40 percent of world merchant shipping by gross tonnage, combined maximum annual ship recycling volume not less than 3 percent of their combined tonnage.