The European Ship Recycling Regulation and its market implications: Ship-recycling capacity and market potential

Solakivi, Tomi; Kiiski, Tuomas; Kuusinen, Tuulia; Ojala, Lauri

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126235

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“…Hsuan and Parisi (2020) map the supply chain of ship recycling and underline regulatory efforts. Solakivi et al (2021) discuss the European ship recycling regulation. Ocampo and Pereira (2019) undertake stakeholder analysis for Brazil.…”

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“…The latest EU report from 2022 lists 53 applications from outside the EU have been submitted, with 11 successful applications, particularly from Turkey (8). It has been noted, however, that the capacity in the EU is neither viable under current market conditions nor adequate to meet future demand (Solakivi et al 2021).…”

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Ship recycling—estimating future stocks and readiness for green steel transformation

Bleischwitz,

Höller,

Kriegl

2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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This article addresses ship recycling. Often criticized for dire health and safety conditions at breaking destinations in the Global South, our article considers ship recycling as a potential future source for secondary steel in green transformations. It represents an analysis of forthcoming changes in the regulatory framework, an initial assessment of steel stocks based on publicly available data, and a local case study. Here, the article assesses the capability of Bremen, a city in Northern Germany, to gain a relevant future market share. Our results indicate (a) the regulatory framework is dynamic due to the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention in 2025 und the current revision of the EU Ship Recycling Regulation; (b) the future market is significant, roughly equivalent to the entire current US car fleet in terms of steel stocks; (c) the ability to act locally depends on a variety of critical factors, including political will, entrepreneurial capital, and space requirements. The article concludes with an outlook on the importance of such a development for the transition towards ‘net zero steel’ and provides a perspective on future research needs.

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Ship recycling—estimating future stocks and readiness for green steel transformation

Bleischwitz,

Höller,

Kriegl

2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th November 2013 on Ship Recycling (EU SRR), and the Hong Kong International convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (HKC) are governing the issue on the use of non-hazardous materials in ship design, building and operation. The EU SRR and the HKC, both statutory requirements, place responsibility on ship owners, ship builders, suppliers, recycling facilities and national authorities to ensure the safe and environmentally viable management of hazardous materials as well as the sustainable recycling of ships (Solakivi et al, 2021). A fundamental requirement of these regulations is the documentation of hazardous materials on board ships, the so-called Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) and the authorization of ship recycling facilities (DNV, 2022).…”

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Data-driven product optimization capabilities to enhance sustainability and environmental compliance in a marine manufacturing context

Synnes,

Welo

2023

Concurrent Engineering

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This paper investigates concerns related to product data and digital data flow when aiming to automate company processes. Accurate data is necessary to create value by enabling improved decision-making in product development, including sustainability capabilities. The case analyzed is an engineer-to-order (ETO) company operating in a low-volume marine manufacturing context. A participatory research approach is used to study two projects that are part of the company’s digital business transformation, aiming to digitalize information and autogenerate downstream processes. Building on the strengths promised by digitalization requires precise and extensive product and process information. An important facilitation capability is to create a digital thread from design to finished product, including product documentation. This is necessary to establish capabilities both to autogenerate appropriate compliance reporting as part of the product development process and to conduct virtual testing and validation before the physical equipment is acquired, resulting in a manufacturing process that is ‘right first time’. In addition, data capabilities guide and enable sound-decision making for improved sustainable practices in the early phase of product development. It is found that the data quality required to utilize tools within the context of Industry 4.0 demands changes to existing product design practices and focus on the three pillars harmonization, integration and automation of data and systems.

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“…Given this background, in recent decades the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology (ISO 14040, 9 ISO 14044 10 ) has been widely applied in the maritime transport field to pursue a series of different objectives, such as developing environmental strategies, [11][12][13] evaluating alternative powertrain systems, 14,15 and assessing innovative design solutions in replacement of conventional ones. 16,17 Interesting examples of sector studies and large-scale LCA applications in the shipping industry are provided by Chatzinikolaou and Ventikos 18 and Popa et al 19 The first one is developed by the Laboratory for Maritime Transport of the National Technical University of Athens, 20 which already in the early 2000s incorporated LCA in its research agenda to conduct environmental assessment of various maritime transport scenarios. The focus of the study is assessing the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of a Panama transoceanic ship (7300 t) according to a cradle-to-cradle approach and assuming a 25-year life-time of the craft.…”

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LCA approach for environmental impact assessment within the maritime industry: Re-design case study of yacht’s superstructure

Pero

Dattilo

Giraldi

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M:

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Sustainable development, one of the main challenges of our time, is a policy focused on the perfect balance between three fundamental pillars: environmental, economic and social sustainability. As regards the environmental protection, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology allows to evaluate the sustainability profile of the overall Life-Cycle (LC) of products, processes and services, based on an inventory (in terms of materials/energy consumption and emissions/waste production) referred to all LC stages. The paper describes an application of LCA in the maritime transportation field, after a careful analysis of the state of the art. In particular, the case study consists in the environmental comparison of two alternative design solutions for the superstructure of a Azimut-Benetti yacht, designed by Corporate R&D department and manufactured in one of Benetti botyards. The competing construction options are a Glass Fiber reinforced Vinylester-isophthalic Resin (GFVR) and a Carbon Fiber reinforced Epoxy Resin (CFER) component, and they are assessed in terms of Global Warming Potential through the CML2001 Life Cyle Impact Assessment (LCIA) method. The study takes into account the entire LC of the superstructure component, divided into production (including raw materials, manufacturing and transportations), use (including both fuel consumption and exhaust air emissions) and End-of-Life (EoL). The Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) is mainly based on primary data (materials and energy consumption for manufacturing) directly provided by the construction company; missing data are retrieved from secondary sources (literature and LCI database provided by the GaBi6 environmental software). Results show that, despite the higher impact in production stage, the innovative solution allows achieving a significant quota of GWP over the entire LC (more than 16%), which is mainly associated with decreased amount of fuel needed and lowered CO2 exhaust emissions during operation. The sensitivity analysis reveals that the environmental advantage provided by the CFER design becomes bigger as both component life-time and yacht consumption increase.

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The European Ship Recycling Regulation and its market implications: Ship-recycling capacity and market potential

Cited by 20 publications

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Ship recycling—estimating future stocks and readiness for green steel transformation

Ship recycling—estimating future stocks and readiness for green steel transformation

Data-driven product optimization capabilities to enhance sustainability and environmental compliance in a marine manufacturing context

LCA approach for environmental impact assessment within the maritime industry: Re-design case study of yacht’s superstructure

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