EU Ship Recycling Regulation
Inventory of Hazardous Materials

What is the IHM?
The IHM (Inventory of Hazardous Materials) is a document, describing in detail all the existing hazardous materials onboard a ship. This inventory defines the quantity and illustrates the location of these materials which are potentially hazardous to people and the environment. These hazardous materials are detailed in the IMO Hong Kong Convention and the EU Ship Recycling Regulation.
The IHM consists of three parts:
• Part I: Hazardous materials contained in the ship’s structure and equipment
• Part II: Operationally generated wastes
• Part III: Stores

Who needs to comply?
According to the EU SRR, all ships, submersibles, floating platforms, etc. flying the flag of a Member State, or ships flying the flag of a third country and calling at a port or anchorage of a Member State with a gross tonnage greater than 500 GT.
Exempted from the aforementioned regulation are the warships, the naval auxiliaries, and other ships owned or operated by a state and used for non-commercial purposes, as well as ships operating throughout their life only in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member State whose flag the ship is flying.

IHM Regulations
In the following list you can find the most important Regulations related to the inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM), together with the accompanying Guidelines for the implementation of them,.
- Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009
- Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 On Ship Recycling (download)
- Resolution MEPC.269(68) 2015 Guidelines for the Development of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (download)
- EMSA Guidance on the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (download)