Wirana Shipping has urged India’s designated Competent Authorities to act quickly to resolve persistent delays in issuing Documents of Authorisation for Ship Recycling, in a warning that administrative hold-ups are affecting the decisions of shipowners seeking suitable recycling yards. The appeal was reported on 14 September 2026 and was made by Rakesh Khetan, chief executive of Wirana Shipping.
The Document of Authorisation for Ship Recycling, referred to in the report by its acronym DASR, is now being requested by shipowners as part of the paperwork they examine when deciding where to recycle vessels. The reports item says that ship recyclers in India are encountering difficulties obtaining a DASR for their facilities, a situation that has drawn the attention of shipowning companies.
Impact on recycling choices
Wirana’s chief executive told the published report that the slow issuance of DASR certificates is creating commercial and procedural obstacles for yards that otherwise seek to receive vessels for recycling. Where shipowners require a DASR as documentary proof when selecting a facility, yards without a current authorisation risk losing prospective work.
The report identifies the designated Competent Authorities in India as the public bodies charged with issuing DASR documentation and says Wirana has urged them to move decisively. The suggestion in the report is that the problem is not the absence of standards but a shortfall in the timely administrative delivery of an authorisation that owners now routinely request.
Calls to speed administrative process
According to the published account, the plea from Wirana was framed as a request for swift remedial action by the authorities so that recyclers can obtain their Documents of Authorisation without undue delay. The company made the point that the DASR has become an increasingly important element of the compliance and commercial dossier shipowners review when arranging end-of-life disposal for vessels.
The reported appeal highlights a friction between regulatory oversight and market decision-making: when formal documents required by owners are delayed, yards contend with uncertainty that can affect scheduling, contract negotiations and the allocation of incoming tonnage. Those consequences follow logically from the central fact given in the report that owners now ask for a DASR as part of their documentation.
Wirana’s intervention, as recorded by reports, frames the issue as one of practical governance rather than a dispute over technical standards. The company’s emphasis was on resolving the procedural problems that prevent recyclers from securing an authorisation that prospective clients expect to see as proof of a facility’s standing.
The published item does not set out a timetable for corrective action, nor does it quote any response from the designated Competent Authorities in India. It simply records Wirana’s request and the position that delays in issuing DASR paperwork are impairing recyclers’ ability to present themselves as acceptable options to owners who now count the document among required papers.
If authorities respond by accelerating the authorisation process, yards could more readily supply the documentation owners require and reduce a source of competitive disadvantage. Conversely, continued administrative delays are likely to perpetuate uncertainty for recyclers that depend on the timely grant of formal approval to secure business from owners demanding verifiable compliance paperwork.
The report from reports of 14 September 2026 serves as the immediate record of Wirana’s appeal, which centres on the prompt issuance of Documents of Authorisation for Ship Recycling to facilities in India so they may meet the documentary expectations of shipowners. The company’s call remains notable for highlighting the link between administrative practice and commercial choice in the ship recycling market.