Bangladesh:
The ship recycling market in Bangladesh rebounded well in 2011 despite legal
barriers faced by the industry for two years. Furthermore, shipbreakers have
expressed the hope that they will be able to recycle around 3 million tonnes of
scrap next year following the government’s formulation of shipbreaking and
recycling rules.
Legal
issues have reduced the shipbreaking sector’s imports of old vessels since
2009. However, the country’s 125 shipbreaking yards have imported 145 ships
weighing 1.7 million tonnes in iron plate terms this year.
Imports
dropped significantly in 2010 as environmental groups took court action over
dumping hazardous materials at the coast and exposing workers to toxic
substances; shipbreakers imported only 75 ships - the lowest figure for five
years - for a weight of 1 million tonnes of iron plate.
Mohammed
Amzad Hossain Chowdhury, Managing Director of leading shipbreaker Rising Group,
has told a Bangladesh newspaper that the number of vessels imported this year
could have been even higher if there had been no legal complexity. There were
only some 25 shipbreaking yards three to four years ago whereas there are now
125 such facilities, generating tens of thousands of new jobs as the
introduction of toxins management and a natural beaching system attract more
investment to the sector, he added.
Source: Recycling International. 15
December 2011
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