This Technical Information became null and void on 21 Jan 2022. Certificate on IHM to Japanese flagged ships Full-text PDF:TEC- 1184 (38kb) Contact:Ship Management Systems Department Issued:1 Jul 2019 The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Ship Recycling Convention or the Hong Kong Convention) was adopted in May 2009. Although the Convention has not yet entered into force, Japan acceded and the governmental and ministerial ordinances were stipulated. Consequently, international certificate on inventory of hazardous materials (IHM) is able to be issued to Japanese flagged ships voluntarily prior to the convention entering into force. Accordingly, ClassNK has launched to carry out the survey equivalent to the convention in the following manner until the convention enters into force. (This survey is not compulsory, but voluntary) 1 Initial survey (1) The initial survey is to verify