Secretary-General of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Kitack Lim has deeply appreciated various initiatives taken by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government to improve ship recycling standards in Bangladesh.
Lim while addressing seminar on “Ship Recycling for Sustainable Development: Perspective from Bangladesh and the Region” held recently, appreciated the enactment of the Bangladesh Ship Recycling Act in 2018 and said this would help the country build its capacity
to meet the provisions of the Hong Kong Convention in the next five years. He noted that under the project, a series of studies have been completed and training materials developed to boost the safety and environmental standards in the country’s ship recycling industry, said the Bangladesh High Commission in London on Wednesday.
The IMO Secretary-General, who visited Bangladesh in 2017 to oversee the “Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling (SENSREC)” project, lauded the commitment of Bangladesh’s government to improve further the ship recycling standard.
“Let me express my sincere appreciation to the Government of Bangladesh for the tremendous support to make this project successful and for their continuing efforts in improving the country’s ship recycling practices.”
Bangladesh High Commission in the United Kingdom organised the seminar on the sideline of the 30th IMO extraordinary council session being held at the IMO Headquarters in London.
