Underlying Problems of Ship Recycling Industries in Bangladesh and Way Forward (original) (raw)
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2012
Ship-recycling in Bangladesh has been playing as a catalyst for the economy by supporting steel industry, shipbuilding industry and other industries and it has also been generating huge employments for the country. But, existing problems of this industry in terms of safety, health and environmental issues bring negative image for the country sometimes. This paper is aimed to identify the underlying problems of ship recycling industry and then analyze the nature of the problems to make it helpful overcoming the obstacles. A brief overview about strength, weakness, opportunity and threat of the industries in global perspective has been also discussed.
Ship Recycling and Its Environmental Impact: A Brief Overview of Bangladesh
IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 2014
Ship-breaking industry has been playing a great role in the economy via providing raw materials to steel industry, shipbuilding industry and some other industries in Bangladesh. Ship-breaking industries also generate a number of employment opportunities for Bangladesh. Some existing problem like safety of worker, health and working environment issues drawing negative picture of this industry for the country. This paper covers the details of how ship-breaking becoming the successful industry in Bangladesh, existing law for this industry, life of workers involved, and the impact on environment. We have observed issues such as the existing government laws and enforcement, safety of worker, health and working environment situation, remunerations for worker. Aim of this paper is to make out the problematic issues of this industry and then analyze the problems to help to overcome the challenges involved in ship-breaking industry. A brief overview on the socioeconomic profiles and prospect of this industry in global perspective has also been discussed.
The Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry in Bangladesh and Pakistan
2010
This study seeks to strengthen the knowledge base with respect to competitiveness and profitability of the Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry (SBRI) and to investigate the feasibility of ship breaking countries in this region, specifically Bangladesh and Pakistan, achieving compliance with the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) without jeopardizing the future of the industry there. The objective of the study is to inform key stakeholders associated with policy making and ship breaking including the government of Pakistan and the government of Bangladesh about the current problems encountered in the SBRI and suggest a road map to help strengthen institutional and regulatory systems that can improve work practices in the ship breaking and recycling industry. The study addresses the following: i) it assessed the productivity, competitiveness and growth potential of the industry in Bangladesh and Pakistan (chapter two); ii) it undertook environmental audits of hazardous waste materials presen...
Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry of Bangladesh; Issues and Challenges
Procedia Engineering, 2017
Ship dismantling of Bangladesh is a reason of concern due to its economic values and environmental hazards. This study focuses on the Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry (SBRI) of Bangladesh to assess the environmental impacts. It was done by analyzing the water quality parameters like, Turbidity, Salinity, Electric Conductivity (EC), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Temperature, Ammonia-Nitrogen, Nitrate-Nitrogen, Phosphate concentrations of inside and surroundings of Ship Breaking Yard. Turbidity ranged from 7.71 to 119 FTU and 4.07 to 41.74 FTU in inside and outside the ship breaking yard, respectively. Salinity ranged from 0.95 to 14.28 ppt and 0.06 to 0.79 ppt in insde and outside, respectively. Value of EC varied from1.75 to 1280 µs/cm in inside and 0.21 to 15.7 µs/cm in outside, DO ranged from 3.77 to 7.94 mg/l in inside and 1.95 to 5.34 mg/ l in outside. TDS value ranged from1,280 to 15,340 mg/ l in inside and 74 to 825 mg/l in outside of ship breaking yard. Ammonia-N value ranged from 0.46 to 7.046 mg/l, Nitrate-N value ranged from 0.10 to 6.9 mg/l and Phosphate value ranged from 0.175 to 4.75 mg/l in the analyzed water sample. Magnitude of environmental alteration by establishment of ship breaking industry was assessed by quantifying Environmental impact value of Study area and the value was found as-93, where ecological parameters value was found-72, Physico-chemical parameters value was-70 and human interest value was found +49 which indicate negative alteration on environment.
—Dismantling of ships in Chittagong, the commercial capital of Bangladesh is a reason for concern in recent years. Failure to provide for environmentally sustainable ship breaking procedure is an alert to the future generation to come. Ship scrapping is an important source of raw materials in South Asia. Bangladesh derives 80-90% of its steel from end-of-life ships. This study was conducted at SRS Ship Breaking Yard to assess the impact of Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries (SBRI) on environment through environmental impact assessment. This study also reflects the water quality in adjacent areas of SRS Ship Breaking Yard to criticize the impact of SBRI. Water quality parameters like Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Electric conductivity (EC), pH, Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Chloride, Ammonia (NH 3), Oil and Grease Concentration were measured in the surroundings of SRS Ship Breaking Yard and compared to international standards.
The future for Bangladeshi ship recycling: a critical scenario analysis
Science for Environment Policy, 2016
A large proportion of ships are recycled on the beaches of developing countries in Asia. This study considers shipbreaking in Bangladesh, using critical scenario analysis to explore different futures for the industry and its workers. The paper suggests that a radical shift in socioeconomic and political structures is needed to enable environmentally sound practices while retaining employment opportunities for local people.
The ship breaking and recycling industry (SBRI) offers a sustainable way of disposing of old vessels economically as well as environmentally to some extent with virtually every part of the hull and machine complex being reused or recycled as scrap metal. Currently, the global center of the SBRI is gravitating towards developing countries located in South Asia, specifically Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Subsequently, SBRI in Bangladesh has become an emerging sector and has contributed in significant economic development. This study focuses on the SBRI in Bangladesh to assess the present situation of environmental impacts arising from such activities and to propose several mitigation measures. This was done by analyzing various data obtained from different laboratory tests concerning a range of water, air and sound quality parameters of Bangladesh. Various water quality parameters like pH, EC, TDS, DO, BOD, COD, Chloride, Oil & Grease concentrations as well as particular air qualit...
The Environmental Trade-offs of Ship Recycling The Case of India: Ship Recycling & Steel Industry
2013
Ship recycling is an issue currently causing a lot of concern and debates in the globalized world. Around 70% of all end-of-life ships and more than 90% of the EU fleet, are recycled on the beaches of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, causing serious environmental and health hazards. At the same time, ship recycling is a source of valuable recyclable materials, mainly steel scrap used for steel making. India is the 4th largest steel producing country in the world, having a high demand for steel scrap and at the same time accounts for the largest share of the ship recycling activity worldwide. The objective of the study is to provide insight to the relationship between ship recycling and the steel industry in India, with a focus on European ships. Although this relationship is very crucial for the ship recycling issue as a whole, it is one of the least researched angels. A hypothetical scenario is developed assuming that all EU ships recycled in India during 2012 were actually not recycled in India and consequently, the corresponding steel scrap was not available for steel production. The issues that are investigated include the alternative materials that could substitute ships’ scrap for steel making, as well as the related CO2 emissions and overall environmental impacts for the production of the substitute materials. The analysis reveals that in order to substitute steel scrap from ship recycling in India, production of direct reduced iron (DRI) as well as steel from induction furnaces (IFs) would have to increase. Furthermore, the production of these materials would result in additional CO2 emissions as well as extensive soil and air pollution, especially for the case of DRI, due to significant waste generation combined with improper handling and disposal. Therefore, the main conclusion is that ship recycling has a particular importance for the case of India because of the special nature of the Indian steel industry, relying mostly on energy intensive and polluting processes for iron and steel production. In that way, ship recycling can have positive environmental impacts by contributing to CO2 savings related to steel production. However, the results represent only one side of the issue and for that reason they are presented in the form of trade-offs. Ship recycling can contribute in a positive way to steel production in India, if at the same time the negative impacts of the ship recycling activity are dealt with in a proper way.