This document summarizes the typical life cycle and end of life processes for ships. It notes that ships are typically recycled after 25-30 years of service when repairs are no longer financially justified. Other ways ships can meet their end include being abandoned, scuttled to create artificial reefs, or experiencing accidents that cause them to sink. The main ship graveyards are located in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, where nearly 90% of ships were dismantled in 2019, though environmental and labor issues exist. The document also briefly explores why ships are referred to as "she."

1. DEAD
SHIP
SYED AHMAD
FATHI
TOASTMASTER SPEECH – RESEARCHING &
PRESENTING
26 NOVEMBER 2020

2. BECAUSE OUR SUBJECT IS DEATH, LET START WITH
SOMETHING POSITIVE
“Nothing last forever, not even your troubles”
- Arnold H. Glasgow, Businessman
In our topic today, not even ships.

3. BEFORE WE DIVE, WHY?
PHILOSOPHERS IN ALL AGES GREATEST
QUESTION, WHY?
TO GIVE SOME IDEA AND GLIMPSES TO MY
EVERYDAY WORK (PART OF MY WORK).

4. TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE
OF A SHIP
Recycling takes place after 25-30
years of service or when repairs
cannot be financially justified.1
The economic lifespan of an oil
tanker has historically been 25
years, although more recently this
has dropped closer to 20 years.
Different tanker companies operate
with their own asset depreciation
policies, ranging from 18 to 25
years .2
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1. Dinu, O., and A. M. Ilie. "Maritime vessel
obsolescence, life cycle cost and design service life."
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and
Engineering. Vol. 95. No. 1. 2015.
2. The Basics of the Tanker Shipping Market. Euronav
Special Report, 2017

5. BUT REAL LIFE IS
NOT A STRAIGHT
LINE, SO DO
SHIP’S LIFE

6. OTHER WAYS OF DEATH
Hulked or abandoned. Scuttling as artificial
reef.3
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3. MV Stellar Banner. Sustained bow damage, took water and developed list to starboard in the South Atlantic Ocean
36 miles N of Ilha de Santana, Maranhao, Brazil on 24/02/20. Master grounded the vessel on a sand bar to prevent sinking.
Refloated on 03/06/20 and towed to deeper water for inspection. Subsequently declared as constructive total loss and scuttled.
Sank, wreck, accident,
total loss.

7. SHIP RECYCLING – TYPICAL ENDING
Controversial industries.
China ban import of foreign ship for
recycling effective December 2018 to
protect environment from heavily
pollutant such as heavy metals, oil and
other toxic substances.4
Main ship graveyard is the Indian
Subcontinent, main countries are
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Apart
from pollution is the concern of labor
condition and worker safety.5
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4. China to ban imports of waste foreign vessels for ship
recycling: newspaper. Xinhua, 24 December 2018.
5. Detail of the labor condition concern can be found on NGO
Shipbreaking Platform Impact Report (Biennial Report)
2018/2019.

8. SHIPS
DISMANTLED
WORLDWIDE IN
2019
According to data released today
by the NGO Shipbreaking
Platform, 674 ocean-going
commercial ships and offshore
units were sold to the scrap yards
in 2019. Of these vessels, 469
large tankers, bulkers, floating
platforms, cargo- and passenger
ships were broken down on only
three beaches in Bangladesh,
India and Pakistan, amounting to
near 90% of the gross tonnage
dismantled globally.6
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6. Press Release – NGO Shipbreaking
Platform publishes list of ships dismantled
worldwide in 2019, February 04th, 2020.

9. DEMOLITION TREND FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS BY TOTAL DWT
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10. WHY SHIP IS CALLED AS SHE?

11. THANK YOU!
“Sailors were aware of mother nature's power and
wanted to please her, so they gave ships female
names to appease her.”
- Cal Melrose, Calgary, Alberta
More answers at : http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-15935,00.html