Ship breaking procedures require pre-arrival documentation and staged customs review leading to anchorage and beaching permissions. A controlled regime pending the Ship Recycling Code requires submission of specified ship identity, crew, measurement and hazardous-waste assessment documents for desk review by Customs in consultation with GMB and GPCB; the authorised Customs officer must complete desk review, communicate permission or refusal to GMB and the ship owner, copy the jurisdictional Assistant/Deputy Commissioner, and permit expedited review and appeal within prescribed short timelines while other agencies oversee boarding, physical verification and beaching decisions.