On Monday 19 September, the European Commission launched a public consultation, open until 17 October, on the forthcoming update of the list of facilities authorised to carry out the environmentally sound recycling of end-of-life ships under Regulation (EU) 1257/2013.
Under this EU regulation, owners of ships sailing under the flag of an EU country are required to have them dismantled at the end of their operational life in approved yards in accordance with EU health and environmental...