The document summarizes information about the global ship breaking industry. It states that the main centers of the ship breaking industry are located in South Asia, particularly Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, which account for 70-80% of the global market. In developing countries like Bangladesh, ships are beached at high tide and dismantled on tidal beaches. While ship breaking provides benefits like steel production and jobs, it can also have negative consequences for worker rights and the environment if not properly regulated. Environmental groups have highlighted issues like toxic pollution from materials like asbestos and heavy metals.

1. SHIP
BREAKING
INDUSTRY

2. Presented To- Prof.
Presented By- Ayan Alam(161014038)
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3. Overview
Ship Breaking in
Developed &
Developing Countries
Ship Breaking in
Bangladesh
Some Ship Breaking
Yards
Introduction
Global Ship Breaking
Industry
History of Ship
Breaking
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association
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4. Introduction
Ship breaking or ship
demolition is a type of ship
disposal involving the
breaking up of ships for
either a source of parts,
which can be sold for re-use,
or for the extraction of raw
materials, chiefly scrap.

5. Ship Breaking | National Geo-Graphic Documentary
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6. Global Ship Breaking Industry
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At present, the global center of the ship
breaking and recycling industry is in South
Asia, specifically Bangladesh, India, and
Pakistan. These three countries account for
70–80 percent of the international recycling
market for ocean-going vessels, with China
and Turkey covering most of the remaining
market. Only about 5 percent of global
volume is scrapped outside these five
countries.
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8. History Of Ship breaking
The navy vessel HMS Temeraire had her
masts, stores and guns removed and her
crew paid off. She was sold by Dutch
auction on 16 August 1838 to John
Beatson, a shipbreaker based
at Rotherhithe for £5,530. In 1880,
Denny Brothers of Dumbarton used
scrap maritime steel in their shipbuilding.
Many other nations began to purchase
British ships for scrap by the late 19th
century, including Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands and Japan. The Italian
industry started in 1892, and the
Japanese after an 1896 law had been
passed to subsidise native shipbuilding.8

9. Developed
countries
In developed countries
the dismantling process
should mirror the
technical guidelines for
the environmentally
sound management of
the full and partial
dismantling of ships,
published by the Basel
Convention in
2003.Recycling rates of
98% can be achieved in
these facilities.
Ship Breaking in Developed
Countries & Developing Countries
Developing
countries
In developing countries,
chiefly the Indian
subcontinent, ships are
run ashore on gently
sloping sand tidal
beaches at high tide so
that they can be
accessed for
disassembly.
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10. Some Ship Breaking Yards
⊷ International Ship Breaking, USA
⊷ Able UK, Graythorpe Dock, UK
⊷ Aliağa Ship Breaking Yard
⊷ Changjiang Ship Breaking Yard,China
⊷ Alang-Sosiya Ship Breaking Yard
⊷ Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard,
Bangladesh
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Ship Breaking Industry in
Bangladesh
Shipbreaking activities in Bangladesh is
concentrated in Sitakund, just north of
Chittagong city on the Bay of Bengal. It is
of paramount importance to the macro
and micro economies of poverty stricken
Bangladesh. Some of the world’s largest
decommissioned ships are today scraped
at the shores north of Chittagong, which is
the second largest city and major sea port
in the country.

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Benefits from Ship
breaking
1. Production of
steel
2. In some ways it
can be considered a
“green industry”.
3. It generates large
amounts of revenue
for various
Government
authorities through
the payment of
taxes.
4. Employment.
Worker Rights
Violation
1. Limited or no
access to treatment,
emergency services
and compensation
when a worker is
injured or killed on the
job.
2. Less than minimum
wages.
3. Use of child labor.
4. Extensive working
hours with no right to
overtime, sick or
annual leave.
5. Lack of job
security: no work no
pay.
6. No right to join or
form a trade union.
Environmental
Pollution
1. Persistent
Organic
Pollutants
2. Asbestos
3. Heavy metals
4. Oil pollution
5. Impact of
shipbreaking on
physiochemical
properties of
seawater
6. Impact of
shipbreaking on
biodiversity
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13. Environmental Risks
In recent years, ship breaking has
become an issue of environmental
concern beyond the health of the
yard workers. Many ship breaking
yards operate in developing nations
with lax or no environmental law,
enabling large quantities of highly
toxic materials to escape into the
general environment and causing
serious health problems among
ship breakers, the local population,
and wildlife. Environmental
campaign groups such
as Greenpeace have made the
issue a high priority for their
activities.
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14. BELABangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, or BELA, is a
nonprofit legal organization established in 1992 to assist efforts to
protect the environment.
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