Directorate General of Shipping notified as National Authority For Recycling Of Ships
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Economy
In news
The Central Government has recently notified the Directorate General of Shipping as National Authority for Recycling of Ships under section 3 of the Recycling of Ships Act, 2019.
Key takeaways
As an apex body, DG Shipping is authorised to administer, supervise and monitor all activities related to ship recycling.
DG Shipping will be the final authority for the various approvals.
Do you know?
Under Ship Recycling Act, 2019, India has acceded to Hong Kong Convention for Ship Recycling under International Maritime Organization (IMO).
DG Shipping is a representative of India in IMO.
All the conventions of IMO are being enforced by DG Shipping.
National Authority of Ship Recycling will be set up in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Its location will benefit the Ship Recycling yard owners situated in Alang, Gujarat which is home of Asia’s largest ship breaking and ship recycling industry in the world.
