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Green Ship Recycling- A Safe and Environmentally Sound Approach for Ship Recycling

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When a ship or offshore units approach their end of life, the safest way to recycle these units is by sending units to those Ship Recycling Facilities that follow Green Recycling Process and those Ship recycling Facilities that have received Statement of Compliance for Hong Kong Convention Ship Recycling process or if the Ship recycling facilities have EU listing for recycling as per EUSRR.    It should be noted that these certified Ship recycling Facilities have been trained and tested to handle ship recycling methodically to ensure safe and environmentally sound recycling. These Ship recycling facilities also have management systems that have been certified to ensure that methodical ship recycling is carried out by the ship recycling facility. Furthermore these Ship recycling Facilities would also have experience of having handled a number of ships for green ship recycling Deals with toxic material cautiously- The green ship recycling process is based upon a strict and p...

Economic Importance of Ship Recycling

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  One can't deny from the fact that ship recycling is the only and best way of disposing the end-of-life vessels. If we talk about it in the terms of statistics, then, it is for sure that almost 80% of the end of life vessels including ships and tankers both are recycled at the ship demolition yards. On the other hand, the ship breaking industry is being criticized for Poor implementation of safety and environmental standards. You must be aware of CPCB or Central Pollution Control Board, it has declared the ship breaking industry under RED category. But, in the recent years, significant amount of efforts have been put so as to to conduct this recycling activity in a safe and environmentally sound manner. Now, almost all the ship recycling yards have adopted to International standards of recycling the ships. This also ensures the fact that the hazardous material inventory that are made available from the vessels as well as the stock of materials are efficiently managed and recover...

Possible merits and demerits of Ship Recycling

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  All ships reach their end of life stage which could be either due to technical reasons of ship becoming very old and expensive to repair/maintain or due to commercial reasons where the freight market is so low that it is not sustainable to operate the ship. While commercial reasons are purely a result of market play which can differ on a case to case basis, technically, a ship reaches its end of life anywhere from 23- 35 years depending on type of ship.   Abandoning the ship is the most uneconomical and environmentally dangerous practice to follow. In spite of that we know that there are still many smaller ships around the world which are being abandoned.   Recycling of ships is the only option that must be practiced by all Ship Owners around the world. Here in this blog, we are going to discuss some of the merits and demerits / possible demerits of ship recycling.   Merits of ship recycling: ·          Steel constitu...

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,...

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 landfill...

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...