The UK has taken the lead in
recycling warships, according to a report by the Disposal Services Authority
(DSA) on the recycling of the former warship HMS Endurance.
The recycling process for
the ship was won after a competitive tender by LEYAL Ship Recycling of Turkey.
The process resulted in 95.04% of the total materials being recycled or reused.
HMS Endurance was a Class 1
icebreaker which served as a Royal Navy ice patrol ship between 1991 and 2008.
It ceased operational service in April 2012 and was made available for disposal
to the DSA in June 2015.
In July 2015 DSA gave
advance notice of the vessel for further use or recycling, nothing that it
would require ‘considerable investment’ due damage caused by extensive flooding
in 2008.
Contract
As part of the tender
process, the DSA convened a Ship Recycling Evaluation Committee including
representatives from the Maritime Coastal Agency and the DSA to assess the
tender responses against set criteria. Prospective purchasers were required to
produce a detailed Ship Recycling Plan, demonstrating their understanding of
requirements involved in ship dismantling, which included environmental plans,
and facilities and dismantling methodology.
After being awarded the
contract, LEYAL Ship Recycling was required to provide a monthly breakdown of
the outturn of metals and waste during the recycling programme. Audits were
conducted by DSA staff which included a physical inspection of the yard in
Aliaga, Turkey. Photographic evidence was also provided at ‘key stages’ of the
dismantling process.
An Inventory of Hazardous
Materials (IHM) was produced at the start of the project to ‘identify hazards’
contained in the vessel which was compared with the final outturn figures
reported to the DSA by LEYAL.
An outturn of materials was
communicated to the DSA on a monthly bases. The DSA found, in summary of this
information, just over 3,700 tonnes of material were sold or recycled, which
was 95.04% of the total materials. This included over 3,500 tonnes of ferrous
metals.
Completion
The displacements and
weights in tonnes of the lightship was 4,050 tonnes, with an estimated metal
weight of 3,200 tonnes. Of this, just over 193 tonnes were disposed of.
The DSA said ex-HMS
Endurance was completely recycled on the 29 August 2016.
Following the completion of
the project, the DSA said: “The report will be sent out to senior internal
stakeholders and a growing number of other foreign Governments as they view the
UK MOD as the lead when it comes to recycling warships.”
The Disposal Services
Authority (DSA) is the organisation within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that
has sole authority to dispose of all MOD surplus equipment within the UK and
overseas.
According to the DSA, its
aim is to sell surplus ships for further use but where this is not possible –
for example when ships are no longer seaworthy and only suitable for recycling
– its objectives are to ensure that the vessel is recycled in a safe and
environmentally sound manner, in compliance with its legal responsibilities as
a producer of waste.
Source: letsrecycle.com.
13 June 2017
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