Investigating the prospects of using a plasma gasification plant to improve the offer price of ships recycled on large-sized ‘green’ yards

Jain, K.P.; Pruyn, Jeroen

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.108

Cited by 9 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Negative impacts on the environment of the ship dismantling activity can be minimized through valorisation by reusing, recycling or treatment of the materials and equipment removed from ships [5]. On average, the components that can be reused or recycled after being extracted from the end-of-life ships comprise about 96 % of the ship's weight [8]. Depending on the type and purpose of the vessel, materials used in building vessels are steel, copper, copper alloys, aluminium, rubber, composite materials such as glass and/or polymer fibers reinforced plastics, and wood.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges and possibilities for environmentally sound recycling of ships and composite boats in European union

Premur

Vučinić

Melnjak

et al. 2019

Holist. approach environ.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper are presented challenges that countries of European Union face when recycling ships and composite boats. European ship owners control over 40 % of the world’s merchant ship fleet, with Greece as the top ship-owning country globally. Nowadays, ship recycling is being regulated and positive progression was made towards it since steel industry belongs in world’s top five and stable market and makes recycling of scrap metals from ships attractive. On the other hand, yachts, sailing boats and small boats are mainly made from composite materials because of their favourable properties, making them great investment, but end-of-life management is more complicated and not quite regulated by the law yet. Unlike commercially oriented ships, which are constantly in move and disposed when the maintenance costs of the vessel start to exceed possible revenue, old boats for recreational and tourism-oriented purposes most rarely move. Hundreds of thousands lie in marinas and are abandoned due to the maintenance costs thus discouraging the owners from keeping it. Hence, a growing number of marinas worldwide will have the problem of boat disposal in a sustainable way in the future. In this paper is given short summary on waste ships and boats management issues. The emphasis is on waste management of small composite boats

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges and possibilities for environmentally sound recycling of ships and composite boats in European union

Premur

Vučinić

Melnjak

et al. 2019

Holist. approach environ.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One of the tools developed to analyse and plan the ship recycling process is Material flow analysis, which allows ship recycling yards to improve the management of waste and resources, reducing their costs (K. P. Jain, Pruyn, & Hopman, 2017). Besides these additional tools, the prospect of using plasma gasification plants to improve the offer price of 'green' ships recycled yards on large-sized has been researched (Kanu Priya Jain & Pruyn, 2018), where the waste produced in a recycling yard could be utilised as a possible source of additional profits by using plasma gasification plants to turn waste into energy and other commercial products. In addition, the plants are considered a better option in terms of environmental impact in comparison to burning or landfilling.…”

Section: Improving Ship Recycling Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determining the effects of implementing IMO’s Hong Kong Convention’s requirements on the productivity of a ship recycling yard by using discrete event simulation

Fariya

Gunbeyaz

Kurt

et al. 2022

Ships and Offshore Structures

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

It is economically unfeasible to operate an outdated vessel. Therefore, when the costs associated with operating such vessels exceed the potential gains, shipowners tend to stop operating these vessels. Several options are available for end-of-life vessels, but recycling is considered a sustainable and preferable solution compared to abandoning or sinking them.Generally, these ships are sent to ship recycling yards located in developing countries.However, the health, safety, and environmental conditions in these yards cause much concern for the international community. As a result, new international regulations will be implemented to regulate ship recycling globally, and ship recycling yards need to improve their effectiveness to remain competitive and profitable. This paper proposes to develop a framework for ship recycling yard to more fully understand problems relating to resource optimisation and the gap between current regulations and the existing yards. The framework employs discrete event simulation to create the evidence and optimize the efficiency activities in ship recycling.Therefore, a case study was designed and conducted to validate the framework mentioned above. This study successfully demonstrates that the framework can effectively identify problems in ship recycling yards, propose improvement measures, and conduct resource optimization. It is expected that evidence created from this framework can support yard owners when they are making investment decisions to improve their yards.

show abstract

“…I1. As a CBB, strategy to prevent pollution through optimizing operation cost is suggested, which requires careful identification of 'zones of mutual benefits' (Jain et al 2018). Organizational culture remains as it is despite some studies on occupational hazards and consequences.…”

Section: Future Research: Toward Sustainability Framework In the Deve...mentioning

confidence: 99%

From Shipbreaking Literature to Sustainability Framework for Developing Country Recycling: a Review (Part 2)

Rahman¹

2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Shipbreaking research has not been in the forefront until the last decade in which environmental and occupational hazards have been highlighted while economic sustainability and contextual conditions were not equally considered. The adoption of a triple bottom line approach across core business issues (environmental impacts, workplace safety ) as well as peripheral stakeholders expectation (environmental sustainability focus) has been retarded due to the less attention on the latter. Based on the findings of the 128 review papers, the study suggests that organizational learning and economic sustainability needs to prioritize through the formation of strange alliance among the stakeholders. The study argues that the dialogue and discussion on the peripheral stakeholders (NGOs, yard managers, national and international policy organizations) would lead to a more sustainable shipbreaking industry in the south Asian regions.

show abstract

Investigating the prospects of using a plasma gasification plant to improve the offer price of ships recycled on large-sized ‘green’ yards

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Challenges and possibilities for environmentally sound recycling of ships and composite boats in European union

Challenges and possibilities for environmentally sound recycling of ships and composite boats in European union

Determining the effects of implementing IMO’s Hong Kong Convention’s requirements on the productivity of a ship recycling yard by using discrete event simulation

From Shipbreaking Literature to Sustainability Framework for Developing Country Recycling: a Review (Part 2)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About