To:
- Sound Ship
- Ship-Owners, Managers and Operators
- Ship Recycling Facilities
- Ship Recycling Companies
- Ship Masters
Within the framework of the responsibilities of the UAE Federal Maritime Administration in regulating ship operations, its hereby stipulate the UAE Ship Recycling Regulation (UAE SRR), which aims to:
1. Regulate all ship recycling operations to prevent, reduce, minimize and to the extent practicable, eliminate incidents, injuries and other adverse effects on human health and the environment.
2. Encourage the growth of compliant ship recycling capacity.
3. Prohibit beaching and landing for ship recycling activities. This specifically refers to ban on ship recycling activities carried out on the intertidal zone or beaches with the ship fully or partially grounded without any impermeable flooring with a drainage arrangement.
4. Oblige ships to which this regulation applies to carry out recycling operations in approved recycling facilities, with dry docks or equivalent infrastructure with impermeable floors, operate from built structures....