Bangladesh:
Having imported ships with an iron plate content totalling 2 million tonnes
over the last nine months, Bangladesh’s shipbreaking business is ‘back on
track’, according to industry experts. Some 206 ships have already been
dismantled this year - a significant increase from the recent period when
regulatory complexities plunged the sector into uncertainty.
Bangladesh
is ‘a unique place’ for shipbreaking activities as nearly 100% of the products
that come from the dismantled vessels are used, states Hefazatur Rahman,
President of the Bangladesh Ship Breakers Association (BSBA). The country is
currently in ‘top position’ in the dismantling sector and is hopeful that some
3 million tonnes of steel will have been extracted from ships before the year
is out, he adds.
The
situation differs greatly from that of a couple of years ago, with Mr Rahman
pointing to improved safety standards for workers and a growing awareness of
environmental factors as key drivers behind the change. Various legal campaigns
by environmental groups almost shut down the sector in 2009, observes the
BSBA’s Technical Adviser Captain Salahuddin Ahmed.
According
to the organisation, the country’s 125 shipbreaking yards imported some 145
ships last year with an iron plate content of 1.7 million tonnes.
Source: recycling international. 20 September 2012
http://www.recyclinginternational.com/recycling-news/6535/other-news/bangladesh/shipbreaking-sector-bangladesh-back-track
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