By the declaration published in the Official Gazette on 26
October 2018, it has been announced that Turkey has opted to
require the submission for approval of a Ship Recycling Plan before
a ship may be recycled in Turkey's authorized Ship Recycling
Facilities under the International Convention on the Safe and
Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships
("Convention").
As we have reported
in a previous news alert, Turkey had already become a party to
the Convention but until today had not made a choice as required
under Article 16(6). The Convention leaves it to the discretion of
each party whether to require "explicit or tacit approval of
the Ship Recycling Plan before a ship may be recycled in its
authorized Ship Recycling Facility(ies)". In today's
declaration, Turkey announced that it will require the approval of
the Ship Recycling Plan as a precondition inter alia of ship
recycling under the Convention. The manner of approval that Turkey
has chosen to require is
