International Conference on Ship Recycling, SHIPREC2013:

7 – 9 April. World Maritime University. Malmo, Sweden

Ship recycling is undoubtedly the most environmentally friendly way to dispose of ships reaching the end of their operational lives. Almost all the material on board the ship can be recycled, reused or refurbished. The recycling market and its processes are affected by the overall socio-economic aspects of shipping.

The ship recycling, breaking, dismantling, demolition or scrapping industry is mainly led by five countries which process around 97% of the world’s tonnage. For some nations, the recycled products form an essential part of the local and national economy.

Despite its indisputable benefits, ship recycling faces numerous challenges and public awareness has grown about the environmental, safety and health problems in this area. So, the working conditions and the environmental impact of recycling processes are under scrutiny.With the rising international awareness on environment and ship recycling issues, international bodies such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) particularly through the Basel Convention (BC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have developed guidelines and created a joint working group to address the issue.

The year 2009 marked another phase because the IMO adopted the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention). The Convention has become the main international instrument intending to regulate this industry. The Hong Kong Convention affects ship recycling facilities; shipowners and shipbuilders as well as State regulations on the topic.Soon, the key players in the recycling process will have to comply with stringent regulations. While not yet entered into force, the adoption of the Convention already impacts the ship recycling markets as well as national regulations in the main recycling countries. In parallel, the shipping industry tends to absorb the expected consequences of the Convention.

Therefore, it is expected that people from Governing Bodies, Administrations, Shipowners’ community, Ship recycling industry, Shipbuilding yards, Classification Societies, Non-Governmental Organizations, Universities and Research Institutes will participate in the Conference. Participants from all over the world will be given the opportunity to share knowledge and exchange the latest information and innovative ideas.  

Source: World Maritime University.

http://wmu.se/events/international-conference-ship-recycling-shiprec2013?gclid=COrDvLvj9LUCFRES6woddEoAvA

Shiprec 2013: Conference in Sweden

April 7, 2013

2:00pm

Orkanen at the Malmö University, Sweden

Recycling is undoubtedly the most environmentally friendly way to dispose of ships at the end of their operational lives. Nearly all of the materials on board can be recycled, reused, or refurbished. Ship recycling is faced with numerous challenges and there is growing public awareness of the associated environmental, safety, and health hazards. The issue calls for continued scrutiny and debate.

International and non-governmental organizations, governments, shipowners, shipyards, classification societies, universities, and research institutes are among the many entities anticipated to participate in the Conference. SHIPREC 2013 will afford the opportunity to share knowledge and information and exchange innovative ideas and solutions.

Source:    

http://www.wmu.se/events/shiprec-2013

Green operations and green profits: working together towards a sustainable industry

The 7th Annual Ship Recycling Conference

19 - 20 June 2012, Le Meridien Piccadilly, London

Keep pace with the latest developments, trends and outlook for this unique sector with new insights:

Recycling market analysis:

Analysing volumes and prices in 2012 and beyond

 

Regulatory review:  

Mapping the future regulatory landscape

 

Shipowner’s perspective:

Assessing green and cost effective recycling practices 

  

Recycling in practice:  

Monitoring successful implementation of Hong Kong Convention: Progress to date

 

Global recycling facilities forum:

Reviewing outlook for leading ship recycling nations - India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey and China

 

Spotlight sessions:

Examining ship recycling and the Law: Do’s and don’ts for shipowners

Industry debate:

‘Can safe and environmentally responsible vessel dismantling be achieved on a tidal beach?’

Workshop leaders:

1. Henning Gramann, Director, Green Ship Recycling Services
2. Marc van de Poel, Managing Director, m.a.r.c BV Maritime Asbestos & Recycling Consultant

Past Ship Recycling Conference delegates include:

• Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
• Green Recycling Initiative Ltd
• Japan Ship Centre JETRO
• Ernst Russ GmbH & Co
• MJR Steels
• Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency
• Horizon
• Southampton Solent University
• Swansea Dry Docks Ltd
• Babcock International Group
• AP Moller Maersk
• SAIPEM SpA
• Commerzbank AG
• Royal Haskoning
• Vertex Maritime
• Metizoft AS
• Class NK
• Höegh LNG
• Leavesley International
• GMS JLT
• Braemar Seascope Ltd
• Intl Nuclear Services
• Thales Australia
• IBM Japan LTD
• Kiel University
• Det Norske Veritas AS
• First Marine International Royal Haskoning
• Associated Shipbroking
• ARGO Systems FZE
• Hewlett Packard GmbH
• National Defence Headquarters
• DNV Germany GmbH
• OSG Ship Management UK Ltd
• City Maritime Consultancy Ltd
• Metizoft AS
• Associated Shipbroking
• Class NK - Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
• Det Norske Veritas
• Bank Mandiri Europe Ltd
• University of Sheffield
• VOSTA LMG BV
• University of Strathclyde
• Nexus Maritime Consultants
• ACM Shipping Ltd
• Esco Marine Inc

Source link: http://www.informaglobalevents.com/event/shiprecycling

The 7th Annual Ship Recycling Conference:

19 - 20 June 2012, Le Meridien Piccadilly, London

Green recycling and green profits: working towards a sustainable industry

Part of our GST series of events, this is the annual gathering of choice for all maritime executives who want to remain at the cutting edge of this dynamic industry.

2012 Conference Highlights include:

Market snapshot

Assessing the volumes, prices and forecasts for shipping recycling in 2012 and beyond

Regulatory review 

Mapping out the future regulatory landscape

Shipowner’s perspective

Operating green and cost effective recycling practices

Spotlight sessions

Understanding the legalities of ship recycling: do’s and don’ts for shipowners

Recycling in practice

Examining successful initiatives to implement the standards of the HKC so far

Global recycling facilities forum

Reviewing developments and outlook for the world’s leading ship recycling nations: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey and China

Source: Informa Maritime Events.

http://www.informaglobalevents.com/event/shiprecycling

Shipowners' role in recycling under spotlight:

As the global ship recycling industry prepares to gather in Singapore, a fresh push is expected for European shipowners to recycle their old ships according to the standards of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC). 

Addressing delegates at next week’s TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum, Soledad Blanco, Director for Sustainable Resources, Management, Industry and Air, DG Environment European Commission will outline the shape of a new EU regulation replacing the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation.

She is expected to tell delegates “Once this regulation is in force in 2013 or 2014, European shipowners will have to establish a mandatory inventory of hazardous materials and to send their ships only to safe and sound recycling facilities worldwide.”

Blanco believes the new EU regulation covering EU-flag vessels “will shift a significant part of business to sustainable facilities. These upgraded facilities will be able to pass over the cost of their investments to shipowners in accordance to the polluter pays principal.”

The shipowner’s role in recycling will be further examined at the Forum by Yuichi Sonoda, Secretary General of the Asian Shipowners’ Forum (ASF) during the keynote presentation.

Sonoda's message to the industry will be followed by Dr Nikos Mikelis, Head, Marine Pollution Prevention, Ship Recycling Section of the IMO, who, speaking in a personal capacity, will tell delegates that although there are quite a few shipowners’ who will recycle ships according to the highest practical standards, “like milk is not cream, these companies are not normal in the statistical sense of the word.”

Central to the Forum theme of 'Who's Paying?' Dr Mikelis is expected to tackle some of the issues that have surrounded the HKC from day one, not least whether the financial burden is being divided equally between stakeholders, including shipowners and recyclers.

On the heels of the shipping industry, a new campaign from environmental pressure group NGO Platform on Shipbreaking, targeting ship owners and charterers, will be presented by Merijn Hougee.

The TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum is taking place as appalling freight markets have pushed shipowners into dispatching a massive volume of tonnage for demolition during the first two months of 2012.  Perhaps reflecting the record levels of ships currently being scrapped, the Forum has attracted a record attendance, with delegates drawn together from the normally disparate worlds of regulation and commerce. Delegates from more than 20 nations will descend on Singapore's Four Seasons Hotel on Monday for the discussions.

Source: NHST Events. 9 March 2012

http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/nhst-events/pressrelease/view/shipowner-s-role-in-recycling-under-spotlight-740138

Steel Scrap Summit 2012:

February 9, 2012

The Palms, Gurgaon, Delhi NCR

Scrap is a key input material that is used for steel making. The increasing use of steel scrap in steel making is largely attributed to its ability to be repeatedly used as an alternate material. Usage of steel scrap also conserves raw materials and energy.

The Indian steel industry is growing at a pace as fast as India’s industrial economy. Steel Scrap Recycling users in India are also growing at a rapid pace. As there is less domestic scrap generated then demand, India imports about 4 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes per annum.

Scrap imports in North India account for almost 20% to 25% of the total imports in the country, making North based secondary steel mills one of the largest buyers of Steel Scrap.

Since steel scrap is one of the most price sensitive commodity buyer and sellers relationship take back seat and deals are done purely on prices. But the steel scrap trade is plagued with several critical issues making trading with new buyers or sellers not only tricky but very risky.

While the overseas seller doubts the credibility of buyer, Indian mills face quality and many other issues including pricing, logistic, financing, reliability etc. In fact, the heavy price fluctuation leads to non-performance from both sides in many cases. It also leads to inclusion of traders and agents in the supply chain distancing real sellers and users. There are many more issues effecting smooth trade of steel scrap imports into India.

Today, no institution or group of interests holds the magical key to solve these issues and it is foreseen that with growing consumption and demand of steel scrap in India, the problems may amplify in future.

The Steel Scrap Summit 2012 being organized by SteelGuru on February 09, 2012 at The Palms , Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, India seeks to establish a neutral platform that will bring together the main stakeholders in the steel scrap import trade including overseas suppliers, agents, importers & traders, users and government authorities etc helping them to identify new solutions and partners for both scrap users and sellers, by analyzing the critical issues being faced by them.

Conference focus:

1. Networking of overseas suppliers with actual users

2. Global scrap demand supply dynamics and outlook

3. Government policies

4. Logistic issues

5. Quality aspects

6. Financing opportunities

7. Shipbreaking dynamics and outlook

Who should attend?

1. Steel makers and actual users of scrap

2. Overseas scrap suppliers

3. Agents for scrap import

4. Importers and traders of scrap

5. Shipbreakers

6. Players in logistics

7. Financial institutes and banks

8. Analysts and consultants

9. Concerned representatives from government

10. Local trade bodies

For further enquiry please Email : sss2011@globalbusinessconnect.org or Call : +91 124 4048993

Source: Global Business Connect

http://www.globalbusinessconnect.org/steel_scrap_summit_2011/5

Steel Scrap Summit 2012:

February 09, 2012

The Palms- Town & Country Club, Gurgaon

The Steel Scrap Summit 2012 being organized by SteelGuru on Feb 09, 2012 at The Palms- Town & Country Club, Gurgaon seeks to establish a neutral platform that will bring together the main stakeholders in the steel scrap import trade including overseas suppliers, agents, importers & traders, users and government authorities, helping them to identify new solutions and partners for both scrap users and sellers, by analyzing the critical issues being faced by them.

About the Summit:

Scrap is a key input material that is used in the steel making process. The increasing use of steel scrap in steel making is largely attributed to its ability to be repeatedly used as an alternate material. Usage of steel scrap also conserves raw materials and energy.

The Indian steel industry is growing at a pace as fast as India’s industrial economy. The steel scrap recycling users in India are also growing at a rapid pace. As there is less domestic scrap generated then demand, India imports about 4 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes per annum.

Scrap imports in North India account for almost 20% to 25% of the total imports in the country, making these secondary steel mills one of the largest buyers.

Since steel scrap is one of the most price sensitive commodity buyer and sellers relationship take back seat and deals are done purely on prices. But the steel scrap trade is plagued with several critical issues making trading with new buyers or sellers not only tricky but very risky.

While the overseas seller doubts the credibility of buyer, Indian mills face quality and many other issues including pricing, logistic, financing, reliability etc. In fact, the heavy price fluctuation leads to non performance from both sides in many cases. It also leads to inclusion of traders and agents in the supply chain distancing real sellers and users. There are many more issues effecting smooth trade of steel scrap imports into India.

Today, no institution or group of interests holds the magical key to solve these issues and it is foreseen that with growing consumption and demand of steel scrap in India, the problems may amplify in future.

The Steel Scrap Summit 2012 being organized by SteelGuru on February 09, 2012 at The Palms- Town & Country Club, Gurgaon seeks to establish a neutral platform that will bring together the main stakeholders in the steel scrap import trade including overseas suppliers, agents, importers & traders, users and government authorities, helping them to identify new solutions and partners for both scrap users and sellers, by analyzing the critical issues being faced by them.

Conference focus:

1. Networking of overseas suppliers with actual users

2. Global scrap demand supply dynamics and outlook

3. Government policies

4. Logistic issues

5. Quality aspects

6. Financing opportunities

7. Ship breaking dynamics and outlook

Who should attend?

1. Steel makers and actual users of scrap

2. Overseas scrap suppliers

3. Agents for scrap import

4. Importers and traders of scrap

5. Shipbreakers

6. Players in logistics

7. Financial institutes and banks

8. Analysts and consultants

9. Concerned representatives from government

10. Local trade bodies

For further enquiry please Email: sss2011@globalbusinessconnect.org or Call: +91 124 4048993

Steel Scrap Summit Agenda (Tantative):

8:30 AM	Registration and Tea
9:30 AM	Inaugural Address - Shri P K Misra, Secretary, MoS - Invited
9:50 AM	Keynote Address - Shri C S Verma, Chairman, SAIL - Invited
	Session - I
10:15AM to 11.30AM	Role of Secondary Steel Sector in Emerging India
	Steel Consumption Forecast Indian Growth Prospects Outlook for Long Products Dr AS Firoz, Chief Economist, Economic Research Unit, MOS  Steel Scrap - Effect on Quality of Steel Mr Bagchi, Director, National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology Challenges Ahead for Secondary Steel Mr KK Grag, President, All India Induction Furnaces Association Government Policies and Framework for Scrap Import Dr Anup K Pujari, DGFT Invited
11.30AM to 12.0PM	Networking Tea
	Session - II
12:00PM - 1:15PM	Steel Scrap Dynamics
	Global Steel Scrap Scenario and Trade Flow Indian Steel Scrap Imports Scenario Mr Zain Nathani, Vice President, Metal Recycling Association of India Perspective from Scrap Suppliers Mr Abhijeet Mahanta, Director, EMR India Prospective from Scrap Buyers Mr Chandrasekran, ED, SAIL SSP
1:15PM to 2:00 PM	Networking lunch
	Session - III
2:00PM - 2:20PM	Shipbreaking Scenario
	Global Scenario Indian Emergence Issues and Outlook Mr Pravin S Nagarseth, President, Iron Steel Scrap & Shipbreakers Association Of India
	Session - IV Continue...
2:20PM to 5:30 PM	Critical Issues and Way Forward
	Guidance on Custom Clearance Mr SK Goel, Member (Customs, RI&I, Exports & Safeguards) - Invited  Shipping and Logistic Issues Mearsk Line Role of Inspection Agencies Mr Andy Skues, Inspectorate International Singapore - Invited
3:30PM to 4:00PM	Networking Tea Break
4.00PM to 5.30 PM	Technology to Monitor Quality
	Portable Analytical Instruments Mr Sameer Londhe, Regional Manager- South Asia, ThermoFisher Scientific Presence of Radioactive Contamination in Recycled Steel R K Singh, Section Head, Radiological Safety Division Mechanism for Reality Check on Overseas Suppliers Dun & Bradstreet - Invited  Case Studies -Import Experience Mr Sachin Gupta, Director, Zillion Services India
5.35PM	Vote of Thanks
5:45PM to 7:45 PM	Networking Cocktails
8:00 PM	Dinner

For more details please contact:

Rajeev Kumar

Email: rajeev.kumar@globalbusinessconnect.org

Mobile: +91 9810381293 ; Call: +91 124 4048993

Source: Global Business Connect.

http://www.globalbusinessconnect.org/events_programme/Steel_Scrap_Summit_2012/5

Souvenir salvage and the death of great naval ships

Speaker/Event:

Nicky Gregson

Geography, University of Sheffield

Souvenir Salvage and the Death of Great Naval Ships

Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Place: Lecture Hall, 38 West 86th Street

Nicky Gregson spoke in the Modern Design History Seminar Wednesday, December 8, 2010, on “Souvenir Salvage and the Death of Great Naval Ships.”

Nicky Gregson is the Director of an Economic and Social Research Council funded project, The Waste of the World, a five-year research program bringing together researchers in geography, anthropology and materials science from the University of Sheffield, Durham University, University College London, Goldsmiths College London, and researchers in South Asia, to study the global impact and approach to waste

Description:

Gregson’s talk is entitled “Souvenir salvage and the death of great naval ships.” This talk examines the social and physical death of naval ships as a form of military material culture. It draws on ethnographic research with veterans’ associations in the UK and US, and in a UK ship breaking yard, to explore the relationship of a naval ship’s social and physical death to memorialisation, souvenir manufacture and souvenir salvage. For ex-navy personnel, it is normative to memorialize a naval ship through a range of manufactured souvenirs worn in everyday life. The social death of naval ships has, until recently, been largely disconnected from the sites of their physical death, or destruction, but the advent of ethical disposal policies in the UK has brought about the geographical compression of the two. The talk charts three phases of ex-naval personnel’s engagement with the destruction of “their ships”: pilgrimage, souvenir salvage and collective memorialization. Gregson argues that proximate visualized destruction makes ex-naval personnel witnesses to an object’s death and that resource recovery regimes should not only be considered recycling of materials but also their reincarnation.

Keywords:

military; culture; material; wars; naval history; ships; ethnography; merchant navy

Source links:

http://www.esrcsocietytoday.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-060-23-0007/outputs/read/5e421217-4957-4cf6-898c-0856d45ed1a8

http://www.bgc.bard.edu/news/past-events-09-10/salvage-ships-gregson.html

Shipbreaking and recycling policy next month: Dilip Barua

DHAKA, Sept 17 (BSS) - The government plans to declare the much-awaited 'Shipbreaking and Recycling Policy' next month aimed at bringing dynamism and discipline in the industry, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said here.

"Shipbreaking policy has already been included in the National Industrial Policy-2010. We would be able to declare the Shipbeaking and Recycling Policy next month," Barua told a seminar here.

Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of BUET in cooperation with Ananda Shipyard and Slipways Ltd (ASSL) arranged the seminar on 'Ship Recycling: Bangladesh Perspective' at Council Bhaban of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

BUET Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr SM Nazrul Islam, Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr M Habibur Rahman spoke on the occasion as special guests while ASSL chairman Dr.Abdullahel Bari presented the keynote paper on 'Shipbeaking Methodology: The present Status and Way Forward'.

Barua said the policy would be an integrated guideline containing necessary compliance options for preventing shipbreakers from polluting the rivers.

Talking to BSS on the sidelines of the seminar, he said the main purpose of the policy is to bring discipline in the industry as ships are now being dismantled haphazardly jeopardizing the environment.

Protection of labourers' interest and the environment are among the salient features of the shipbreaking and recycling policy, he said.

The minister called upon the shipbreakers for taking extra measures from the perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the wellbeing of tens of thousands of workers in the industry.

Referring to his recent visit to ship breaking industry in China, Barua said the experiences of China's ship breaking and recycling methods have been shared during the formulation of the policy.

"We do not want to enforce stringent law on anyone involved in polluting environment by dismantling ships," he said, adding that the association of shipbreakers would look into the mater.

Referring to the dismantling of ships in an environment- friendly manner in China and Turkey, Ananda shipyard chairman Dr. Bari said such job is hazardous and too difficult in Bangladesh.

He said the country needs a huge number of experienced and trained people to dismantle ships in an integrated manner keeping the environment unhurt.

"We earn a huge amount of money by breaking ships at the cost of the environment. Hazardous shipbreaking should not continue any longer considering the environment," he added.

Ships should come to the coast of Bangladesh for free considering that the country does the dirty job of breaking ships, he said.

Prof Nazrul Islam called upon BUET professionals to create leadership to compete with the intensified global competition.

Experts say shipbreaking in Asia accounted for more than 90%of the total volume of scrapped ships during 1998-2007. Less than 2%of the ship recycling activity during the period from 1997-2006 was carried out in developed countries.

Three countries of South Asia -- Bangladesh, India and Pakistan -- account for 70-80% of the international market for shipbreaking of ocean-going vessels, according to experts.

Source: BSS. 17 September 2011

http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=200768&date=2011-09-17