Japan,Guj govt tie up to upgrade Alang shipyard

Japan and Gujarat government have joined hands to upgrade existing Alang shipyard in Bhavnagar. The two have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Japan and Gujarat government have joined hands to upgrade existing Alang shipyard in Bhavnagar. The two have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),which focuses on technology transfer and financial assistance from Japan to upgrade the yard at Alang to the international standards.

The MoU includes construction and operation of a common hazardous waste removal pre-treatment facility,modernisation of recyclable goods market and development of human resources.

This is the second big-ticket project after Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) where Japan is partnering Gujarat. Japan will also address environmental aspects of Alang besides devising a strategy to market it in challenging conditions. The project will be assigned on the PPP model. The government plans to make Alang the largest International Maritime Organisation (IMO) complied ship recycling yard.

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An awareness workshop on IMO convention for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling,its requirement and opportunities of environment infrastructure at ship recycling yard was also held on Friday in Gandhinagar.

Pankaj Kumar,IAS,VC and CEO,Gujarat Maritime Board,Diasuke Matsushima,representative and senior director,JETRO,Shoichi Kobayashi,chairman,Japan Development Institute,representative of the ship recycling industry of Alang and Sosiya, technical officers of GMB and Japan were among the participants at the programme.

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