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IMO set to adopt ship recycling convention

ENDS Europe
Friday 8 May 2009
SHIPPING

Governments are set to adopt a global convention on ship recycling at a meeting held by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) next week. The convention is intended to make ship scrapping safe and environmentally sound, but NGOs say the current text is very weak.

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