Ship Recycling Process and Material Distribution Channel Model for Bangladesh Ship Recycling Industry

Commodore K Akhter Hossain, (E), NUP, psc, BN

Ship Recycling Process and Material Distribution Channel Model for Bangladesh Ship Recycling Industry

Commodore K Akhter Hossain, (E), NUP, psc, BN
Managing Director of Dockyard and Engineering Works Ltd
hossaindrakhter@gmail.com

Keywords: Ship, recycling, reusable, and, waste, material, asbestos,

Abstract

Ship recycling is a reverse engineering process of dismantling End of Life (EOL) ship to recover reusable materials in a safe and environmental friendly way. As per International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) guidelines, ship recycling means all associated operations including mooring or beaching, dismantling, recovery of materials and reprocessing. Bangladesh possesses the largest ship recycling industry in the world. South Asia is undoubtedly the global center for ship breaking and recycling of EOL ships. In Bangladesh, average 200 different types and size of obsolete ships with 2000000 LDT are recycled annually in different local yards. The actual problem of this sector is the restrictive nature of mentality of the owners of local yards, as well as lack of ground information. However, very few studies have been done but most were based on limited preliminary baseline studies. An extensive study is necessary to develop a ship recycling process model and a distribution channel model for viable and sustainable recycling process which depicts the actual distribution channel of reusable and waste material produced from local recycling industry of Bangladesh. It has been depicted that, recycling practice and process of local recycling yards of Bangladesh will be sustainable at future if proper guidance and professionalism can be enforced. This promising industry needs uninterrupted monitoring, balanced leadership, financing, guiding, motivation and whole hearted support from every corner from home and abroad.

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