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Most shipbreaking today takes place in Asia due to the low costs involved, and during the past demolition of European vessels has also moved from local yards to Asia. In future, the establishment of highly specialised world recycling centres for marine vehicles, (including ships and offshore units) will be required in different areas of the World to meet environmental standards. Some of these will be in Europe. For ecological and environmental reasons, in contrast to what happens to-day at the Indian Subcontinent, such Ship Recycling Factories of to-morrow must have at their disposal the most advanced technologies available. A Knowledge Data Base (KDB) is an essential pre-requisite for the concept, and is required, sooner rather than later, through the close collaboration of EU industry, institutions and universities, and by members of CESA. The KDB should encompass the following key areas of ship recycling, which are discussed in this paper. EU Policy Issues Initiatives Regulations at international, EU and national level; Financial Aspects Ship decommissioning operations, decision making and their financial structure, Shipbreaking/ship recycling processes cost modelling; Management & Organisation Aspects including environment protection polices; Marketing Analyses Shipbreaking demand forecasting on national, EU and world market basis, Yard capacities state-of-the-art & prospects; Human Factors Technical Aspects Efficient, not labour intensive, steel processing methods in a high volume scenario, Design for recycling concepts, including adoption of new materials, Environment protection technical measures, facilities, tools and procedures. The overall objective is to identify recycling technologies that are potentially available and would help to revive the European ship recycling industry, on an economic basis. © 2005: Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
Author(s): Karpowicz A, Bruce G, Sinha A
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: RINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference on Recycling of Ships and other Marine Structures
Year of Conference: 2005
Pages: 55-62
Publisher: Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781905040124
