Responsible Disposal and Recycling of Hazardous Materials in Ship Breaking

It has been quite headache process to maintain, recycle and to dispose hazardous material in ship breaking where R. L Kalthia plays an important role while handling with such problem. You all were thinking why this is so hard to handle such process? It is because ships some time carries Hazardous materials like as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), glass fiber, solid foam and waste oil. These all materials can easy get absorbed in the sea water which can cause the problem to environments. That is why a ship  breaking yard s are proposed for that all the characteristics and harm on-board hazardous materials are get mentioned in paper. Now it is being analyzed which chemical compound can be handle with so that there will be no damage to no one.  Now what is ship breaking? And why we need this?

Ship breaking process is to dismantle an obsolete vessel’s structure for scrapping or disposal and conduct on dismantling yard which involves many task from removing gear and equipment on ships to cutting down and recycle the ship again. By the time ship gets rusted due to the corrosive materials or while living long time in water which can lead down to very dangerous Accident. That is why in 20 to 25 years most ship required recycling process.  This is the main reason why disposal and recycling of hazardous materials are necessary in shipbreaking.

Problem while handling Hazardous materials in Ship breaking process are

1. Structural Complexity- Structure of ship is very complex which is not easy to handle while ship breaking. Because it has many compartments like workers, Captain, Engine and storage for having hazardous substance. If anything happen to storage harmful chemical get absorbed which create problem to marine life.
2. Handling of Hazardous materials is difficult- Some chemical has very low boiling which can easily evaporate as it comes in normal temperature and can easily spread in air which can be very harmful to biosphere. One time this was happened in Bhopal which is known as Bhopal Gas tragedy which cause thousands of death in Bhopal and many birds are found dead even today every third and fourth child from that area were born as special child.  And some time oil covered the sea surface if it was handle poorly which can cause the problem in growing of hydrophytes due to that there is lack of oxygen which can impact aquatic life and every life is important so disposing and recycling of the Hazardous materials is our only chance.

Right ways to disposal and recycling of hazardous materials in ship breaking

1. Government policy regarding Ship breaking– An Act 49 of 2019 to provide for the regulation of recycling of ships by setting certain standards and laying down the statutory mechanism for enforcement of such standards and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. AND, the International Maritime Organization follows the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 which ensures that ships, when being recycled after the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risk to the environment and to human health and safety; WHEREAS, the said Convention was developed with inputs from International Maritime Organization Member States, Non-Governmental Organizations and in co-operation with the International Labour Organization and the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Trans boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989;
   AND WHEREAS, the Hong Kong Convention lays down the aspects relating to design, construction, operation and preparation of ships so as to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recycling, without compromising the safety and operational efficiency of ships and the establishment of an appropriate enforcement mechanism for recycling of ships;
   AND WHEREAS, the said Convention contains the provisions which are not covered in the Shipbreaking Code (Revised), 2013 notified by the Government of India to regulate the recycling of ships in India;
   AND WHEREAS, the said Convention lays down the multilateral framework to be followed internationally by countries which become a party to it;
   AND WHEREAS, India, being a Member-State of the International Maritime Organization, had participated in the said Convention and expressed views for the protection of environment and human health and safety during the process of recycling of ships;
2. Handle harmful Chemical compound with right process– Certain hazardous chemicals are different chemical properties which can be very handy so one should know all the properties regarding the chemical compound and all the emergency rule while leakage of chemical. And all the necessary equipment should to there to handle the Hazardous materials.

Conclusion

That is why R.L Kalthia is the good company to handle your entire disposal and recycling of hazardous materials in ship breaking because we handle every parameter regarding ship breaking. So be the first one to act to safe life and environment also to increase the life span of ship crew by disposing and recycling of hazardous materials in ship breaking with the help of R.L Kalthia.