Development of Best Practices for Ship Recycling Processes

narrow walking space. These problems can be solved following design for ship
recycling steps while developing general arrangement of ship as a part of the detail
design.
Table.6.10.Application Areas and Recyclability of Materials
Material Physical Prop Application
Aluminium High strength/Weight
ratio
GRP High strength/Weight
High
tensile steel
Marine
Plywood
ratio
Average
strength/Weight ratio
area
Light duty Highly
150
Durability Recyclability/
durable
Light duty Highly
durable
Disposability
Excellent
Poor
Heavy duty average Good
Below average Light duty Below
average
Good
Layout of engine room, pump room, forecastle, deck, other store rooms in the forward
part are to be made taking into consideration the dismantling requirements. These
spaces are usually located in the narrow regions of hull and access and space
requirements likely to cause inconvenience and these problems can be solved using
design for ship recycling approach in initial stages of ship design.
6.8.7 Equipment and Outfit Items
Strict implementation of international standards will certainly improve the
recyclability of ships and her components. New rules and regulations proposed by
IACS should consider implementing standardization and modularity of equipment,
components, hull materials etc.,.
6.9 Comments
Two major application of design for ship recycling have been dealt in detail in this
chapter viz. recyclability analysis of ships and her components and allotment of Green
Safety Index. Other applications of design for ship recycling in various lifecycle
stages of ships are identified and presented in Section 6.7. These applications will
serve as a set of best practices in ship recycling field.