Last year, on 13 November, BIMCO launched the Ship Recycling Alliance to help the shipping industry and the ship recycling industry advance towards sustainable and safer ship recycling, and to help facilitate the implementation of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC). By David Loosley, BIMCO Secretary General & CEO One year on, the alliance is still working towards these goals. And one year on, end-of-life ships that are in full compliance with the HKC still risk being detained in ports for violating the Basel Convention (BC). While the entry into force of the HKC on 26 June this year marked the beginning of a new era for the ship recycling industry, change will not happen overnight. One year on, we are also fighting another increasingly important battle: a rise in misconceptions and misinformation about the industry and about the two global conventions that govern it. Some stakeholders embrace the Basel Convention to govern ship recycling and others advocate strongly for the Hong Kong Convention. Others believe the two in combination would offer the best solution. But when it comes to misinformation, this is beside the point. After all, whether people, organisations or NGOs are advocating for one convention or the other, we share the same goal: working towards a ship recycling industry that is safe for workers and sustainable for the environment. We believe that if we are to have a meaningful dialogue, misconceptions and misinformation must be addressed. We can argue for the next decade about whether the Hong Kong Convention or the Basel Convention is better suited to provide the basis for a safer and sustainable ship recycling industry but right here and now, legal conflicts between the two are an obstacle to achieving the end goal. So is misinformation. Legal disputes risk slowing progress for the yards that are already committed to providing safe jobs and environmentally sound recycling of ships.