Adopted by 63 countries following its ratification in Hong Kong in May, the IMO's ship recycling convention will take years to become law. However, talk to owners and brokers and they will say the convention, being refined this week by the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, has alerted the industry and made the so-called 'bad boys' begin to try to address their faults. Nikhil Gupta, secretary of India's Ship Recycling Industries Association, said: "Most of the convention regulations are already implemented as ordered by our Supreme Court. Training, equipment, safety and waste-handling must all follow the highest standards and are rigorously checked by the government."
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