Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships, Basel Convention of UNEP, Geneva, 2003

This document, the Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships (hereafter referred to as “the guidelines”), has been prepared with the intention of providing guidance to countries which have or wish to establish facilities for ship dismantling. The guidelines provide information and recommendations on procedures, processes and practices that must be implemented to attain Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) at such facilities. The guidelines also provide advice on monitoring and verification on environmental performance.