For the past
six months, GMS’ green team has been conducting a number of voluntary training
programmes at over 20 recycling sites in Alang.
GMS said that due to high
demand, the green team has designed a ‘train the trainer’ programme in
co-operation with the Indian Registry of Shipping (IRClass) in an effort to
reach a larger audience.
This programme was held
under the supervision of Dr Anand Hiremath, lead co-ordinator of the green team
and the ‘responsible ship recycling programme’.
This was the first time that
such a high calibre training programme has been held in the Indian recycling
sector, as an increasing number of yards have been attaining the standards, as
set out by the Hong Kong Convention, GMS claimed.
The first ‘train the
trainer’ programme was conducted on 21st September at Sarvag Shipping Services,
plot No 84D with a topic of ‘Working in a Confined Space’.
Safety officers were
instructed on the potential hazards of confined spaces on board ship, the safe
entry into confined spaces, emergency preparedness and generating a response
plan, the importance of tank gas level measurements, the proper use of
multi-detector gas meters, self-contained breathing apparatus, importance of
work permits, etc.
The aim is to have 20 safety
officers from 20 different recycling yards train more than 100 workers in each
plot. As a result, the GMS training initiative is indirectly reaching out to
over 2,000 workers in Alang, the company claimed.
GMS said that it hoped to
conduct another series of safety programmes with safety officers from different
recycling yards in the near future.
As for the current recycling
market, the Indian sub-continent buyers resisted the firming prices last week
and started to offer lower levels for vessels, GMS reported.
The average price was around
$400 per ldt. While Bangladesh and Pakistan fundamentals remained much the
same, the Indian rupee and local steel plate prices in Turkey weakened
considerably last week.
Turkish ship prices fell
below those of China, rendering the country in 5th place in market rankings,
GMS said.
The holiday period this week
is expected to keep the Chinese recycling market sluggish.
Elsewhere, brokers reported
that the 1999-built Aframax ‘Silver Bridge’ had been taken by Indian interests for
$430 per ldt.
Source: tanker
operator. 06 October 2017
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