Z razgradnjo ladij se pridobi velike količine jekla in drugih materialov, ki so vgrajeni v odslužene ladje in jih je možno reciklirati. Večina ladij ima življenjsko dobo nekaj desetletij, po tem obodbju po navadi postane vzdrževanje predrago. Kdaj se ponovno uporabi tudi drugo opremo npr. sidra.
V nekaterih primerih se ladje povsem očisti škodljivih materialov in se je jih potem namerno potopi.
V preteklosti so razgrajevali ladje v industrializiranih državah, danes pa se to večinoma dogaja v državah v razvoju npr. Indija, Bangladeš, Pakistan in Kitajska.MPN: Accidents And Asbestos - Concerns Plaguing The Shipbreaking Industry In Developing Countries V teh državah je delovna sila cenejša in tudi ni strogih okoljevarstvenih zahtev. Pri razgradnji ladij se lahko sprosti v okolje veliko nevarnih materialov, kot so azbest in poliklorirani bifenili. V večini primerov uporabljajo delavci acetilenske gorilnike za razrez.
Seznam večjih pristanišč za razgradnjo ladij
Bangladeš Chittagong
Kitajska Čangjan, Jangjin
Indija Alang
Pakistan Gadani
Turčija Aliaga
ZDA International Shipbreaking Ltd. Brownsville, Teksas
Sklici in refernce
Bibliografija Contains an extensive section on the shipbreaking industry in India and Bangladesh. Ships scrapped include Mauretania and much of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow. Ships listed with owners and dates sold. Breaking Ships follows the demise of the Asian Tiger, a ship destroyed at one of the twenty ship-breaking yards along the beaches of Chittagong. BBC Bangladesh correspondent Roland Buerk takes us through the process-from beaching the vessel to its final dissemination, from wealthy shipyard owners to poverty-stricken ship cutters, and from the economic benefits for Bangladesh to the pollution of its once pristine beaches and shorelines.
Analysis of the economics of shipbreaking, the status of worldwide reform efforts, and occupational health and safety of shipbreaking including results of interviewing Alang shipbreakers. Siddiquee, N.A. 2004. Impact of ship breaking on marine fish diversity of the Bay of Bengal.DFID SUFER Project, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 46 pp. Siddiquee, N. A., Parween, S., and Quddus, M. M. A., Barua, P., 2009 ‘Heavy Metal Pollution in sediments at ship breaking area of Bangladesh ‘Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 6 (3) : 7-12
Zunane povezave
ILO publication on shipbreaking NGO Platform on Shipbreaking OSHA Fact Sheet - Shipbreaking Regulatory information on Ship recycling Bangladesh ship breaking photos The Ship-Breakers at National Geographic.
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