Zbornik radova Koridor 10 - Kirilo Savić

3rd International Scientific and Professional Conference
CORRIDOR 10 - a sustainable way of integrations
Fundamental Principles of dismantling of vessels
Fundamental Principles of dismantling of ships through the ‘‘Green’’ shipbreaking comprise first of all:
1. Life-cycle approach: Safe and environmentally sound ship recycling requires appropriate
infrastructure not only within, but also beyond the yard.
2. Inclusion: Inclusion of ship recycling in national development, and poverty reduction,
strategies is essential to the creation of sustainable ship recycling industries.
3. Collaboration: Collaboration with a variety of stakeholders, including representatives of
governments, ship recycling associations, workers and non-governmental organizations
(NGO) of the ship recycling countries, donors.
4. Continuity: Building upon work already done, and putting in place processes and procedures
for the long-term [7].
4. CONCLUSIONS
Dismantling of vessels is sustainable process since it reduces the need for the highly polluting mining,
mine-enrichment and pig iron production industries. Dismantling of vessels provides raw material for
the steel and other metallurgical industries from the used production equipment of the transport sector.
Due to the nature of the vessels and highly polluting materials they carry, it may harm not only
worker’s health but also the coastal zone environment if preventive measures are not taken.
However, the contribution of ship recycling is more comprehensive and is reflected in the following:
Provides tremendous amount of steel
Provides employment to workers
Provides high annual revenue
Forest conservation
Efficient use of recovered materials reduces environmental pollution
Reuse of empty equipment such as transformers, engines, batteries etc.
Reuse of different rubber material.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the
Republic of Serbia, for the financial support (project TR 36012).
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