Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM)

The European Parliament formally adopted the new EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) on 22 October 2013. The text was then adopted by the European Council and published in the Official Journal of the EU to become legally binding. The EU Ship Recycling Regulation entered into force on 30 December 2013. This Regulation is aimed at facilitating early ratification of the Hong Kong Convention 2009 – both within the EU and in other countries outside the EU – by applying controls to ships and ship recycling facilities on the basis of the Convention. It aims to ensure that vessels are recycled in EU-approved facilities worldwide. The new EU Ship Recycling Regulation means that EU-flagged vessels of 500 GT and over will be required to carry an Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM). When calling at EU ports, vessels from non-EU countries will also be required to carry an IHM identifying all the hazardous materials on board. EU-flagged vessels must also be scrapped in an approved ship recycling facility.

Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) requirements

• EU-flagged newbuildings are required to have onboard a verified IHM with a Statement of Compliance at the earliest by 31 December 2015 and at the latest by 31 December 2018.
• Existing EU-flagged vessels are required to have onboard a verified IHM with a Statement of Compliance at the latest by 31 December 2020 (or if the ship is to be recycled, the IHM should be on board from the date when the European list of ship recycling facilities is published, expected to be by the end of 2016).
• Non-EU-flagged vessels calling at EU ports are also required to have onboard a verified IHM with a Statement of Compliance at the earliest by 31 December 2020.

IHM Process

• Collection of required information and documents (by Company)
• Preparation of Visual Ship Check Plan (VSCP) (by Leadsmar)
• On-board survey;collection of samples and submission to Laboratory (by Leadsmar)
• Analysis of samples (by Leadsmar & accredited Laboratory)
• Preparation of IHM report based on Laboratory results (by Leadsmar)
• Verification survey carried out by Class and issuance of SOC / IC IHM (Class Society)

Leadsmar provides service to shipowners regarding to prepare Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) for ships subject to the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) and / or the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.

Our HazMat experts can prepare the IHM Part I for existing ships and ships bound for recycling, and ensure they are certified by a classification society.