FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In an exclusive interview with IHM expert Henning Gramann, who is the CEO at GSR Services GmbH, we explore how the ship recycling landscape is set to change with the long-anticipated implementation of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC), along with the challenges it presents regarding the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM). Gramann addresses common misconceptions that shipowners still hold about IHM requirements and shares best practices, urging operators to take a lifecycle approach to compliance. Above all, he emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between merely fulfilling legal obligations and truly embracing responsibility. Gramann also advocates for enhancing the HKC and aligning its implementation with the exclusion of ships from the scope of the Basel Convention and the Basel Ban Amendment. The HKC provides a more specific regulatory framework, clearly defining responsibilities throughout a ship’s entire life—not just when it becomes waste following an owner’s end-of-life decision. RelatedNews GMS: Freight surge and Hormuz risks keep shipping backlog intact Marine lubricants: A hidden seaworthiness risk var jnews_module_21346242_0_6a02c4f0f2abe = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21346242","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,