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What Actually Happens to the Retired Vessels?

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  In this shipping industry, we celebrate the birth of new vessels with press conferences and bottles of champagne but on the contrary, we rarely address what actually happens with the retired ships. If you are one of those who have been wondering about what happens to the retired ships, then here's what you need to know about ship demolition and scrapping.    What happens to old vessels? As the ships age with each passing year, vessel owners have various choices which include refurbishing and relocating the vessels into smaller regions, selling them to other lines or sending them to the yard for scraping purposes. At the end, all the ships will be retired and scrapped and yes of course, with some few exceptions like QE 2 which are later turned into hotels or attractions. How the process of ship recycling is carried out at the yards? Ship recycling involves a systematic removal of all items on board the ship and then cutting the ship metal into small blocks. Althou...

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,...

Ship Demolition Process

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  Are you aware of the procedure of ship demolition ? If no, then this article is all about it and the steps involved in this procedure. ·          The most basic and common way to dismantle a ship is by breaking it into a number of different parts before breaking it further. If we talk about some of the biggest ship breaking yard in our country, then the process of ship demolition starts at the seashore. A number of ship breaking contractors or cash buyers have their offices at the shipyards along the coasts of the seas.    ·          When a ship is on the verge of breaking down, then it needs to float steadily and hit the beach of the shipping yard where it is being stopped. Once it reaches on the sea shore, the engine of the ship is shut down and the anchor is dropped off so as to make the ship steady. Then the ship breakers who are involved in the ship breaking process start to work a...

Learn How Good is the Process of Green Ship Recycling

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  After thorough research, it was found that the green ship recycling process unquestionably is a highly beneficial process that every ship demolition company should take into consideration. The best thing is that this process contributes very much efficiency to the sustainability of our ecosystem.   Since the introduction of the green ship recycling method and after the implementation of this process by many ships breaking industries it was found that doesn’t have any bad impact on our whole ecosystem which was and is possible in case one chooses any other method of shipbreaking than this one. When you are selling out your old ship to any cash buyers of the ship, you need to at first confirm regarding the process they consider for ship dismantling. You as well as the company you choose to sell your vessel should be responsible for environmental safety and protection against harmful effects that it gets mostly from the shipbreaking. Some highlights have made the concep...