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The importance of transparency in Ship Recycling

  Ship recycling is one of the major industries of the world. It plays an important role because it provides material to many other industries which helps them to generate less waste and give their immense contribution in protecting the environment by maintaining its ecological balance. The processing of ship recycling is not easy, it is quite hazardous for the workers involved in it. The company adopts the policy of transparency while the task of ship dismantling is being executed. It is mandatory to see that the ship demolition should be taken with extra care and vigilance and organized under the supervision of experts who are decisive, observant, and vigilant. Due to the hazardous processing of ship breaking, it is significant for the companies to adopt transparency in ship recycling. The transparency can only be done when the higher authorities make sure that they abide by the rules of the ship recycling and follow it strictly to avoid any kind of accident. Let’s find the deta...

Overview of Recent Developments in Ship Breaking Industry

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  One of the largest industries employing huge manpower in India is that of ship recycling . Most of the companies dealing in recycling strictly follow the guidelines of HKC and have the necessary knowledge and expertise related to dismantling of the ship’s parts and segregation according to the product categories.  The yards consist of sufficient space for the ancillary industries or quarters for laborers working for them. They take additional measures to reduce carbon footprint and make it compulsory for the workers to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as safety measures. The workers are given training in updated technologies. Some companies have floating crane barges that can lift thousand of tons of material at one go from the ship and place them on the yard.  About the Hong Kong Convention (HKC): In 2009, there was an international convention in which there were recommendations and suggestions related to safe ways of recycling and disposal of a ship. The decis...

Why safe Shipbreaking is the Need of the hour

Shipwrecking involves a lot of trained and skilled workers. It is quite dangerous to show a careless attitude in breaking the ship. Many major shipbreaking companies do not take extra precautions while going for recycling or for some other reasons. It is important to adopt safety measures in shipbreaking because workers belonging to this sector face hazardous working conditions. They work in an environment which is not healthy due to toxic chemicals, asbestos, and oil. The other risks involved in the process are:   Using blow torches and sledgehammers Moving cranes Falling steel plates Gas explosions Metal coils snapping   Safe shipbreaking is the need of the hour because safety of the workers to be given topmost priority. This is the reason why ship breaking in India is done with utmost care and concern. During the process, persistent organic pollutants emit which results in disseminating pollution in the environment. There are various other risks involved in the demolitio...

Follow These 8 Steps for Sustainable Ship Recycling

  Green Ship Recycling is a sustainable ship recycling technique that involves breaking off the ship in an environmentally friendly way and reusing various parts of the ship in creative and constructive ways.  The toxic elements from the ship are eliminated in eco-friendly ways.  This results in environmental upgradation.  Sustainable ship recycling needs to be focused on and implemented to put a check on the rising environmental impact of ship dismantling. The International Maritime Organization’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 recognizes sustainable ship recycling as the eco-friendly way that aims to recycle ships in a way that does not pose risk to human lives and the environment.  Follow These 8 Steps for Sustainable Ship Recycling   1. Contract for ship recycling Follow The International Maritime Organization’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound ...

Apply These 6 Secret Techniques to Improve Green Ship Recycling

  The increasing amount of ship waste and its inappropriate management is a precarious problem that numerous countries across the world are facing. Indeed, a surge in the accumulation of waste material has left an alarming situation for the spread of extensive pollution. Nonetheless, the possible struggles in the past few eras have made amazing alterations in the disposable principles and also paved the way for numerous substitutes to waste dumping. In this matter, green ship recycling has been commonly recognized as one of the productive methods for waste management.  Just like any other business, the shipping industry has been termed as the world’s biggest business for creating a huge amount of waste on an everyday basis. As ships organize tons of garbage from daily operations, the discarding of a ship, on completing its functional time period, leaves a lot of waste. This poses a serious threat to the environment. The inapt discarding of the ships in earlier days, part...