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Ship recycling

Marine Environmental Awareness Course. Ship recycling. Name • Date. Ship recycling. Contents A lucrative business The beaching method Social effects Ecological effects Role of shipping. 2. Photo credits: www.pierretorset.com - Marine Photobank/ Green Award Foundation.

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Ship recycling

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  1. Marine EnvironmentalAwarenessCourse Ship recycling Name • Date

  2. Ship recycling Contents A lucrative business The beaching method Social effects Ecological effects Role of shipping 2 Photo credits: www.pierretorset.com - Marine Photobank/ Green Award Foundation

  3. 1. A lucrative business • Some facts and figures: • Life expectancy of 25-30 years • Ships are huge • Every year about 800 ships are scrapped • Up to 97% of all the ship’s material is re-used • Steel can be reprocessed • Copper, aluminum and stainless steel are valuable

  4. 1. A lucrative business • Many shipping companies use ‘cash buyers’ • Hazardous and toxic materials onboard: • Oil • Sludge • Paints • PCB’s • PVC’s • Asbestos Photo credits: ProSea

  5. Majority of ships are dismantledin India, Pakistan and Bangladesh • Cheaplabor • Few domestic sources for steel • cold re-rolling of steel and ‘beaching’ is allowed Source graphs: The Internet Ships Register

  6. 2. The beachingmethod • Ships grounded at high tide • Dismantled by hand in uncontrolled and dangerous circumstances • No pollution prevention, no waste reception or treatment Photo credits: Wahid Adnan, Marine Photobank / www.pierretorset.com, Marine Photobank

  7. 3. Social impacts • One of the most dangerous • jobs in the world (ILO): • No protectiveclothing • No heavy machinery • No training • Manyhazardousmaterials • Some impacts: • Asbestosis (In Aland – 1 out of 6) • Lungcancer • Regularaccidents (injuries, death) • Child labour Photo credits: YSPA 2009 / unknown

  8. Photo credits: YSPA 2009

  9. Photo credits: YSPA 2009

  10. 4. Ecological impacts • No appropriate waste disposal: • Holes drilled in ship to drain liquids is common practice • Oil and sludge seep away in soft coastal sediments • Large coastal areas turn into barren fields • Phytoplankton, fish stocks and groundwater are effected Photo credits: Wahid Adnan – Marine Photobank

  11. Ship recycling Contents A lucrative business The beaching method Social impacts Ecological impacts Role of shipping 11 Photo credits: www.pierretorset.com - Marine Photobank/ Green Award Foundation

  12. The Hong Kong International Conventionfor the safe and environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships May 2009 • Guidelinesfor human and environmentalfriendly recycling of ships. • Keyaspects: • Inventory of HazardousMaterials (IHM) • ‘Ship Recycling Plan’ • A ‘pre-recycling inspection’ for all ships Will enter into force 24 monthsafter at least 15 states, representing at least 40 % of world tonnage, have ratified Convention signed by 67 countries, not ratified by any country yet (in August 2012)

  13. Solutions: recycling undercontrolledcircumstances forexample: Maerskshipping Photo credits: MAERSK / North Sea Foundation

  14. Questions?

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