Officials from Bangladesh are in Turkey to learn from the country’s ship recycling sector (19-22 October), in a programme facilitated by IMO under the project dealing with the safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh (SENSREC). Hosted by the Government of Turkey in Ankara and Izmir, the visit consists of technical site visits, including waste management centres; a seminar including sessions on IMO’s ship recycling convention (Hong Kong Convention) and legislation issues; and meetings with ship recycling industry representatives.
IMO is represented by Simone Leyers and a team of
consultants.