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	Ship breaking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ship breaking or ship demolition involves breaking up of ships for scrap.
		Today, however, most ship breaking yards are in developing nations, principally Bangladesh, China, and India, due to less stringent enviromental regulations dealing with the disposal of lead paint and other toxic substances.
		Many ship breaking yards in developing nations have lax or no environmental controls, enabling large quantities of highly toxic materials to escape into the environment and causing serious health problems among shipbreakers and the local population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ship_breaking (348 words)

	Norwegian Photographer : Rune Larsen
		To maximum profits, ship owners send their vessels to the scrap yards of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, the Philippines and Vietnam, where health and safety standards are virtually ignored and the workers are desperate for jobs.
		Most ships being dismantled today were built in the 1970s, prior to the banning of many hazardous substances.
		Given the current situation, a rise in the scrapping of ships means an increase in the problems connected to environmental soilation and labor exploitation in countries like Bangladesh.
	www.drik.net /rune/shipbreaking.htm (571 words)

	The human cost of ship-breaking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is at these yards, that the ships are scrapped, primarily for their steel content and also to recycle many materials used in the ship's construction.
		The report exhorts the UN institutions and governments of both the ship-sending and ship-receiving countries to implement an effective, mandatory regime based on the existing Basel convention -- the convention that regulates ship-breaking industry - to ensure that international standards on labour, safety, health and environment are respected at the ship-breaking yards across the world.
		The report that has been compiled illustrating the life and times of ship breaking workers in India and Bangladesh alleges that there are discrepancies between the official death figures of these workers and witness stories and that these figures do not include 'hidden' deaths -- casualties as a result of diseases.
	us.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/09ship.htm (851 words)

	Portsmouth Herald World/National News: Ship graveyard
		Workers walk past a decommissioned ship waiting to be dismantled at a ship-breaking yard in Alang, in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
		These older ships, some as tall as 15-story buildings and as long as several football fields, are not broken up in the West because they are full of dangerous materials such as asbestos that would not pass health standards.
		Ship inspections are on the rise and boats have to be empty of the fuel that is blamed for most fires - although activists say corruption sometimes allows ship-breakers to bypass these regulations.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/06252006/world/108903.htm (1475 words)

	Ship Breaking
		A ship's life lasts for an average of 25 to 30 years after which they are no longer considered safe to sail.
		In the 1970's ship breaking was done in the docks Europe.
		Beaches where ship breaking happens in Asia, are now graveyards littered with machinery parts, oil rags and leaking barrels, the air poisoned by open fires, the land and surrounding water contaminated by asbestos, heavy metals, dioxins and other persistent organic pollutants.
	www.greenpeace.org /india/campaigns/toxics-free-future/ship-breaking (886 words)

	Priyablue Industries Pvt. Ltd. :: Ship Demolition :: Introduction
		When a ship goes uneconomic / unsafe as per standards of safety to operate, it is send for demolition to ship breaking yards.at the same those ships that happen to meet with accidents and for whom the subsequent repairs prove to be uneconomic, are also send for demolition.
		The contribution of the ship breaking yards is to generate value out of unusable ships by segregating it into various components that have their own economic value by subjecting it to a systematic demolishing process.
		For carrying out ship breaking through this approach, the precondition is that the beach area is large enough to accommodate the wide spread operations, and there should be good natural tidal support.
	www.priyablue.com /demo_intro.htm (454 words)

	Toxics Link : Ship-breaking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In Budget '02, the then finance minister Jaswant Singh had increased the customs duty on "ship for demolition" to 15% from 5%, saying that domestic steel companies had been hit by the supply of cheap steel by the ship-breaking industry in the domestic market.
		While the duty on re-rollable scrap was increased in budget '02, the customs duty on non-alloy steel range was brought down from 35% to 10% in the last two years.
		The cost of conversion of ship to re-rollable scrap is just Rs 1,800 per tonne, rendering the activity substantially cost-competitive.
	www.toxicslink.org /art-view.php?id=33 (574 words)

	Ship breaking stirs environmentalist fears - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The French-made Sea Giant, at 73,263 tons the second-biggest ship ever built, is being taken apart at the sprawling Gaddani complex, a 10-mile stretch of sand-turned-junkyard west of the port city of Karachi.
		The ship, which once carried Saudi oil by the hundreds of millions of gallons to the United States, is mammoth: It soars 110 feet out of the water and is 1,360 feet long, about 100 feet longer than the Empire State Building is tall.
		Still, the eight ships lying on the long beach are a far cry from the dozens that clogged the shore during Gaddani's heyday in the 1970s, when 35,000 laborers were on the job.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20040312-105501-2053r.htm (976 words)

	<---\|\| DEPART MENT OF PORTS \|\| --Govt. of A.P.-->>>
		Ship breaking activity was carried out in 1994.
		In 1996 Vodarevu Port was declared as specialized port for ship breaking unit hence ship breaking unit was discarded at Kakinada.
		Hence it is proposed to restart the ship breaking activity at Kakinada.
	www.andhraports.com /shipbreaking.htm (126 words)

	Shipbreaking Site English
		Gas leaking from a tank on the Panama flagged ship caused the release of toxic fumes on the shipbreaking beach on the 7th of June 2004.
		These are the main conclusions representatives from Asia, the shipping industry and experts on liability agreed upon at an international seminar on liability for the scrapping of ships, organised by the International Institute for Asian Studies and Greenpeace at the Netherlands Maritime Museum on 2nd of June 2003.
		If you are a shipping company and own or operate ocean-going vessels, we encourage you to take part in the solution and stop the unacceptable exposure of workers and the environment to hazardous substances from decommissioned ships.
	www.greenpeaceweb.org /shipbreak (7182 words)

	Hazards at Gaddani ship-breaking yard -DAWN - Business; 07 February, 2005
		Ship scrapping is a labour-intensive industry and is concentrated where labour costs are low.
		Now, Gaddani is the third largest ship breaking yard and employs about 10,000 workers and meets one-third of the scrap requirements of the re-rolling mills.
		Many of the ships that come for demolition are not free of contaminants and dangerous chemicals, but are riddled with asbestos, coated in toxic paints and leaking bunkers or other petroleum products.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/07/ebr13.htm (773 words)

	The News - International
		He said hardly four to six ships “are broken at Gadani Ship Breaking Yard,” adding the government should take measures to curtail the import of scrap so that the industry could be given a chance for revival.
		Ships, which used to be booked at $150 per tonne, are now available at more than $300 per tonne and the industry is not optimistic about a price fall in the near future.
		The ship breaking industry used to meet more than 10 per cent of the local steel requirement, he said and added that now its share is almost negligible.
	www.thenews.com.pk /daily_detail.asp?id=13434 (612 words)

	Ship Breaking: A Background Paper
		Ship breaking is done in open yards on the beach of the Bay of Bengal.
		Generally 95% of a ship=s body is made of mild steel (M.S.), 2% of stainless steel and 3% of miscellaneous metals, such as brass, aluminium, copper, gun metal and other alloys which are important factors of ship breaking.
		Then the ships if filled up with water up to deck level and later the water is discharged through the sea corks or through other means to clean the ships and make the vessels ready for scrapping.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/protection/safework/sectors/ships/shpbreak.htm (5045 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Single-hulled ships are being rushed to the scrapyard in the wake of oil spills such as that of the Prestige.
		Their arrival was greeted by a mass of protests against what was called a cocktail of hazardous chemicals in the ships, and environmental groups claimed that Able UK did not have the right permits to deal with the 'toxic waste'.
		One solution would be for ship owners to be made responsible for the conditions under which their ships are scrapped, he says.
	www.nature.com /news/2004/040621/pf/429800a_pf.html (2481 words)

	Fact Sheets > Ship-Breaking Industry Brings Environmental Problems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Metals such as iron and steel are recovered from old ships and reused in steel mills.
		The industry moved to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the 1970s after developed countries such as Britain shut down their yards when environmental, health and safety rules were tightened.
		Environmentalists charge that in South Asia, these ships are taken apart without adequate precautions, dumping dangerous chemicals into the soil and sea, and exposing workers to hazardous pollutants.
	www.fact-sheets.com /business/news/may04/ship_breaking (420 words)

	Ship Breaking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Four ships were towed to England last fall, stirring protests by residents and environmentalists.
		The ships contain oil, asbestos, lead and other toxic chemicals and have been an environmental concern in Virginia for years.
		Since the beginning of 2001, contracts have been awarded for 37 ships from the Ghost Fleet, and 24 of the ships have left.
	www.aaenvironment.com /Shipbreaking.htm (379 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		Ship-breaking is a challenging process, due to the structural complexity of the ships and the many environmental, safety and health issues involved.
		China's burgeoning demand for junk ships to feed its ever-growing appetite for steel has also pushed up junk ship prices to record highs of beyond $400 per light displacement tonnage (LDT, or the actual weight of ship), up 80 percent over the past few months, which is making procurement of vessels tough for India.
		The ships that are broken there provide around four million tons of steel for the Indian market, which many small steel makers depend on, and secondly, it provides employment to over 45,000 people directly and over 500,000 people in Gujarat and outside, indirectly.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FD22Df05.html (1090 words)

	IS THERE A DECENT WAY TO BREAK UP SHIPS?
		Given that some ships must be scrapped after 20-25 years for safety reasons, the supply side for these vessels is easy to calculate since the age of the existing fleet is known.
		Although a ship can be scrapped in two weeks in a yard as opposed to over six months on a beach, it is unlikely that industrialized countries will move back into the business as the breaking up of ships also presupposes a market for scrap steel near the ship yard.
		The beaches where ship breaking is undertaken become polluted with chemicals and toxic substances and are littered with small, sharp, iron splinters that can cause injury to workers who are usually barefoot.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/shpbreak/index.htm (2724 words)

	Problems of Ship Breaking
		But in blatant violation of Basel, ship owners transport their toxic vessels to be broken down in Asian yards, releasing terrible poisons into the environment and playing havoc with the health of the people and all living creature in the ecosystem.
		The toxic shemicals released by ship breaking pollute the soil, rivers and seas in the vicinity.
		Ship breaking is definitely one of the deadliest industries in the world!
	www.greenpeace.org /india/campaigns/toxics-free-future/ship-breaking/problems-of-ship-breaking (663 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Ship-Breaking Industry Brings Environmental Problems Along with Money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		India's Alang Ship Recycling Yard produces about four millions tons of scrap steel a year, about 10 percent of the country's total steel production.
		The global market for scrap ships is expected to grow rapidly this year as single-hulled vessels are phased out due to a United Nations mandate.
		The Indian ship-breaking industry is now fiercely competing with China, which is using old ships to feed its growing appetite for steel.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-5-11/21366.html (432 words)

	Broken lives
		The tiny hamlets of Adapada and Khalingi are replete with horror stories of disability and death among Alang labourers who dismantle ships coming from distant countries with their bare hands to earn a living.
		The men from Ganjam are generally engaged in torch-cutting ships, breaking different parts of the vessels and carrying the waste for loading in trucks.
		Predictably, many of the innocent people of Adapada and Khalingi are not aware that the old ships they were breaking in Alang were constructed using toxic substances.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2302/stories/20060210007301600.htm (1210 words)

	MetalWorld -- Railroad Scrap & Ship Breaking Exchange Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rerollable Ship Plate shall consist of uniform slabs of recovered ship plate suitable for rerolling.
		Ships for Boat Breaking - whole ships for breaking.
		Ships for Boat Breaking shall consist of whole scrap ships for dismantling or breaking.
	www.metalworld.com /a/view/0119.html (1186 words)

	Google Sightseeing » Post Archive » Ship Breaking
		Ship Breaking is primariliry carried out in developing nations such as India and Bangladesh - as their laws on dealing with lead paint, asbestos and general worker’s conditions fall far short of Europe and the US.
		Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard in Bangladesh is mostly in low-res, but we can see a couple of ships here which have been beached on the mud flats for dismantling.
		All the steel from the ships is recycled and I think these are lifeboats.
	googlesightseeing.com /2006/08/21/ship-breaking (723 words)

	Ship-breaking attracting entrepreneurs -DAWN - Business; December 24, 2001
		The cut in duties on import of ships for dismantling, coupled with other incentives, allowed by the present government, seems to be attracting entrepreneurs once again to an industry, which once provided jobs to over 30,000 persons directly and occupied the second top position amongst the international ship-breaking industry.
		These included: recognition of ship-breaking as an industry, declaring Gadani as a port, reduction in customs duty on ships imported for breaking, provision of telephone connections, increasing the lease period from one year to five years and appointment of an 8-member committee to solve other problems of the industry.
		It was during this period that the ship-breaking activities witnessed a boom and this industry left many of its international rivals far behind as far as the total number of ships demolished and the tonnage of ship-scalp handled was concerned.
	www.dawn.com /2001/12/24/ebr20.htm (929 words)

	NARAYAN ENTERPRISE
		Now we are one of the leading Stockiest and Exporters of Second hand marine Equipments and Spares,based at Asia's biggest Ship Breaking Yard, named Alang Ship Breaking Yard, in Gujarat State, west coast of India.
		ft nearby the Alang ship breaking yard and is in close touch with the ship breakers at large.
		We are also making ship supply of machinery and spares to all major Indian ports, including installation and trial.
	www.ship.gr /narayan.htm (437 words)

	The Hindu : National : Slow death for ship-breaking industry
		The `Clemenceau' controversy has put Alang, on the Saurashtra coast, once again on the shipping map of the world, with the focus on what is ailing the industry.
		Shop-owners selling material recovered from the dismantled ships complain that the supply has dwindled to less than 10 per cent of what it was even three years ago; the buyers feel deprived of quality material at a bargain price.
		The number of ships dismantled in the world's largest ship-breaking yard went up from 45 in 1989-90 to 355 in 1997-98.
	www.hindu.com /2006/03/06/stories/2006030603181400.htm (679 words)

	Appalling conditions facing workers in Asian ship-breaking yards
		Last year only 73 ships were dismantled in Indian yards compared to an average of more than 300 ships in previous years.
		Besides the ship demolition there were many related businesses, including oil re-processing units, steel re-rolling mills, oxygen plants, transportation companies and a local scrap goods store.
		The ships being broken up contain various toxic substances including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lead, chromates and mercury, despite international treaties banning the export and transport of some of these substances.
	wsws.org /articles/2006/mar2006/alan-m27.shtml (1206 words)

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