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All about Valuable Materials & Hazardous / Toxic Components - The Ship Recycling Process

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  Shipping is the main mode of transport for traded goods and about 90% of the traded goods are transported by sea. Although transfer and transport of goods and services are never ending, individual ships last for few decades only. When a ship becomes too expensive and difficult for the owner to repair after about 27 to 30 years of service (depending on the type of ship and its freight market conditions), the shipping companies send the Ship for recycling where all the valuable metals and materials are scrapped out and the toxic ones are disposed off in the safe and environment friendly method. Almost all the ships, including Cruise ships and tankers go for recycling after they reach their end of life.   Valuable Components: During the ship recycling process, the valuable materials such as Steel, aluminum, brass and more materials are brought out from the ship which are then sold in the market for reuse. For the steel mills that supply materials to construction industries, old ship

Important Benefits of Tanker Recycling

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  Since the late 19th century, most of the oil tankers are being used to transport large amounts of oil across Oceans and waterways. If we talk about today, then almost 60 to 65% of the oil is been transported around the world by tankers. And after the tankers serves for around good 25 to 30 years, it starts to show the signs of wear and tear. The tankers then go for recycling. The actual tanker recycling process is a complex and daunting task which involves a lot of efforts and labor into it.   In this blog, we'll talk about various important benefits that tankers recycling provides to us. So, let's start with the benefits! ·          It benefits the environment in an incredible manner: One of the best advantages that recycling of the tankers provides is that it can save the environment to a greater level. This means, when you recycle the materials that you get from the terminated tankers, you actually divert them from the landfills where huge amounts of trash actually go