Green Ship
Recycling :
Green Ship Recycling services is specially designed
for the socially responsible Green ship owners whom demands a demolition
process that offers safe working environment at the yard, together with safe
removal and disposal of hazardous materials on board.
With green awareness in mind, we have signed
agreements with key yards in China
The yards have agreed to be monitored against a set
of Key Performance Indexes (KPIs) which will decide a previously agreed bonus
incentive scheme for them. This comprehensive agreement with the selected yards
are unique and the one of its kind in the industry. We hope to expand the
portfolio by getting more and more shipyards to go 'Green'.
The process of green recycling is tedious and
requires proper planning and preparation. Processes have been carefully
designed for Green Ship Recycling, ranging from –
- selection of yard,
- pre-cleaning of
vessels,
- demolition and
- follow-up the
recycling process at the yard.
Pre-cleaning:
"Pre-cleaning" is a requirement prior
demolition. Pre-cleaning is the safe removal of all hazardous materials and
wastes such as asbestos, fuel oils and lubes, cable insulation and other PCBs,
deck coverings and insulation materials, gases and refrigerants (CFC), paints
and thinners, stores and spares, fire alarm sensors and radio active materials
and all other hazardous and potentially hazardous materials. An IHM / Green
Passport is pre-requisite prior to recycling.
Demolition:
One acceptable approach is "Demolition"
which is the actual cutting up of the ship in blocks of manageable sizes. The
correct trimming, steel cutting including the removal arrangements are
critical. The blocks with oil content and machinery are placed in special areas
on shore with proper drainage and containment arrangements. Fire fighting
procedures and evacuation routes are manned properly.
Green Ship Recycling Plan:
The process of Demolition and Pre-Cleaning are
fully documented in a 'Green Recycle Plan' - a document developed using the IHM
/ Green Passport with inputs from yard and WSM.
This plan is vital towards green recycling.
Inventory of Hazardous Materials:
WSM also provides IHM (Inventory of Hazardous
Materials) / Green Passport services for existing and to be recycled vessels by
our in-house experts who are trained and certified by Class. IHM / Green
Passport which is WSM's other green product was rolled out in April 2010.
WSM's objective is to implement a proper health,
safety and environmental approach towards ship recycling. We hope to work with more shipowners in this
project to ensure a better and healthier living on earth.
Ship recycling completed:
Three WW vessels were recycled in 2009 at a green
yard in China
It is important for WW to find a safe and environmentally
sound recycling yard which operates in a way acceptable to and in line with its
values. China
The European Commission and Bellona have endorsed
this recycling facility as being in the spirit of corporate social
responsibility.
Contact:
For further enquiries, please contact:
Rakesh Bhargava. Project Manager, Green Ship
Recycling
Telephone: +603
2084 5600. Mobile
Green Ship
Recycling Brochure - Wilhelmsen Ship Management
Source: Wilhelmsen Ship Management
http://www.wilhelmsen.com/services/maritime/companies/barbership/Pages/greenshiprecycling.aspx
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