Ship Recycling Status in Bangladesh and Annual Reusable Material Output

Hossain, Khandakar Akhter

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“…The yards are under the control of Baluchistan Development Authority situated in Gaddani. These yards use mainly beaching method to position the obsolete ships arriving at Gaddani [15]. The yards have the capacity to dismantle more than 50 large ships at a time.…”

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“…Over the years, "the ship recycling industry in Chattogram has gone through lean and boom periods, to become the world"s largest ship recycling industry and now the ship breaking and recycling industry (SBRI) spans over 20 km coast of the Bhatiary-Fauzdarhat-Baroiyawlia area." [14,15] The local ship recycling organization is Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry (SBRI) consists more than hundred ship recycling yards in register. "From where few dozen are in regular operation and the industry directly employs over 200,000 laborers and accounts for the supply more than half of all the steel products in Bangladesh."…”

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“…In this way, viable ship recycling process and practice will continue to progress and achieve standard ship recycling at HKC certified yards and that will become the custom for all ship-owners, not the omission. To make viable and sustainable ship recycling standard [28], all three Asian ship recycling major players need to be work together jointly and effectively to continue ship recycling beaching method as it is practicable for this area. Statistical comparison of ship recycled by number, tonnage, percentages, and individual countries around the globe from 2013 to 2022 has been shown in figures 11 to 18 respectively below [30,43,51,45].…”

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“…[7] Actually old ships after severe hull corrosion, metal fatigue, a lack of spare parts of machinery, [5] and beyond economic use, they have placed for dismantling and recycling process [11]. A ship can last up to 25 to 30 years and end of its lifespan; they go for recycle to recollect its materials and machinery [14][15][16]. The global ship recycling industry dismantles around thousands of ocean-going ships annually, including container ships, cargo and bulkers, oil and gas tankers, passenger ships, and more, to salvage steel, other metals, useful equipment, household items, furniture and recyclable materials.…”

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Evaluation of Ship Recycling Industry in View of Present Global Circumstances and Way Forward

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Ship recycling, commonly referred to as ship dismantling, is an inherently sustainable practice with global implications. It involves the reverse engineering process of disassembling obsolete ships to recover reusable materials in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. Over the past two decades, ships have predominantly been beached in South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, China, and Pakistan, allowing local yards to dismantle vessels with moderate preventive measures and substantial manual labor. Ship recycling stands as a significant and environmentally conscious industry, witnessing the annual recycling of approximately 1000 obsolete ships globally. Currently, this industry is predominantly led by three South Asian countries—India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. In Bangladesh, the industry commenced with the dismantling of stranded ships, evolving into a large and profitable sector that generates substantial employment opportunities for thousands of semi-skilled workers in poverty-prone areas. While the ship recycling industry presents opportunities, it also poses challenges for coastal zone management, encompassing environmental, law enforcement, and worker safety concerns. The surge in demand for ship recycling has prompted increased regulatory scrutiny at both national and international levels. This pressure culminated in the development of the Hong Kong International Convention (HKC) by the IMO in 2009, mandating safety and environmental protection standards at recycling yards. Achieving a perfectly green ship recycling process in line with European standards is inherently costly. However, a viable and almost green ship recycling approach, integrating the current common practice of beaching methods in Asian countries, is entirely feasible. Despite limitations and challenges, the industry significantly contributes to Bangladesh's GDP and the overall socio-economic landscape. Currently, there has been a visible reduction in Bangladesh's market share due to stringent environmental regulations, while competitors have experienced increases. This study represents an analytical effort to evaluate the current global ship recycling scenario, exploring its potential, challenges, and the future trajectory of both local and global ship recycling industries.

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“…Figure 21 above shows the total LDT for various vessel types and sizes, including gas-carrier recycling and reusable material production in recycling yards in Bangladesh from 2009 to 2015. Recycling yards in Bangladesh dismantle about 30% of her EOL ships in the world for her DWT [74,78].…”

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Setting Sail into the Future: The Evolving World of Cruise Ships

Akhter Hossain

2023

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A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose main function is to carry passengers at sea. This category does not include cargo-ships with room for a limited number of passengers, such as the once popular twelve-passenger cargo ships at sea where passenger transport was secondary to the freight car. Now, ocean-liners and the cargo capacity of most cruise ships have been eliminated. Cruise ships are large passenger ships that offer pleasure seekers and adventure travelers. They have restaurants, bars, casinos, theatres, ballrooms, nightclubs, swimming pools, fitness centers, game center and shops onboard making it a complete floating resort. Again, the yachting and cruise ship industry has emerged through a combination of targeted marketing, innovation and consolidation. Many new features, facilities and brands have been introduced and launched, some have failed, many have been successful, and at many more were active globally at the start of the pandemic. However, there is a need to further encourage consumers, travelers and customers' confidence by high lighting the facilities, entertainment, longevity and history of innovation in the yachting and cruise ship industry. What has helped has been the industry's resilience in tailoring the onboard experience to better reflect the social changes taking place ashore and travel industry. However, future travelers, users and customers will be more interested and adventurers towards the cruise ship industry. This is a review article that briefly tells the story of cruise ship with history, operations, design, construction, technology, safety, and recycling.

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Evaluation of Prospects and Challenges of Local Ship Recycling Industry in Contest of Global

Akhter Hossain

2023

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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The ship recycling industry refers to the process of dismantling and recycling End of Life (EOL) ships and it's globally accepted. Basically, ship recycling is a significant and green industry, with an average of 1000 obsolete ships being recycled annually. At present global ship recycling industry is dominated by three South Asian countries, including India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. In Bangladesh, the industry started with the dismantling of stranded ships and has since become a large and profitable industry. The industry creates huge employment opportunities for thousands of semi-skilled workers in poverty-prone areas of the country. Such an industry has both opportunities and challenges for coastal zone management, as there are environmental, law enforcement, and worker safety issues. Perfect green ship recycling as per European standards is always a costly affair. But, viable and almost green ship recycling with the integration of the present usual practice (beaching method) in Asian countries is very much possible. Despite the limitations and challenges the industry has considerable contribution to the GDP and the overall socio-economic sphere of Bangladesh. Presently, there have been visible reductions in Bangladesh's market share due to strict environmental regulations, while the competitors have experienced increases. It is an analytical study with considerable effort of research work to evaluate the present global ship recycling situation along with the potential and challenges of the local ship recycling industry.

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Ship Recycling Status in Bangladesh and Annual Reusable Material Output

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