IMO’s Simone Leyers is in Brussels, Belgium to provide an update on implementation of IMO’s Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention to participants at the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) Technical Workshop on Ship Recycling (27 January), which is being hosted by ECSA with participation from the EU Commission, EU Member States, Recycling States (India and Bangladesh) and shipowners. Ms Leyers will also provide an update on the IMO NORAD project “Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling in Bangladesh – Phase I”.