Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships (Basel Convention Series)

This document provides guidance to countries looking to establish facilities for ship dismantling. It contains technical guidelines and recommendations on procedures, processes and practices that must be implemented to attain Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) at ship dismantling facilities. The guidelines also include advice on monitoring and verification of environmental performance. This publication will also be useful to existing ship dismantling facilities.United Nations Environment Programme Staff is the author of 'Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships (Basel Convention Series)', published 2004 under ISBN 9789211586206 and ISBN 9211586208.