How is The Ship Demolition Process Carried Out?

Posted by Wirana Shipping Corporation on June 1st, 2021

Ship demolition popularly called ship recycling is a technique of breaking down the ship when the ship completes the life occupancy. As one of the ship breaking methods, Ship demolition involves retired vessels to be exposed off their mechanism, except for the value adding materials that can be used correctly for the development of new vessels or other purposes.

The steel leftovers acquired after the Ship demolition of an old vessel are liquefied and used again in the construction of new vessels. The molten steel is refurbished and then proves useful for several other sectors. Furthermore, all other parts like glass; wooden items, etc are reused for a range of purposes.

Why there is a need for Ship demolition?

Ship demolition is very much essential because the preservation expenditure of a specific vessel continues soaring with time and it becomes troublesome to handle the same. Therefore, the ship-owner looks for the easy way out and hands over the old vessel for successful discarding so that they can focus on dealing with other essential expenses such as fuel charges, port charges, and wages of the crew members.

How the process of ship breaking is carried out?

The first and the universal way of demolition are by breaking it into various parts before breaching them further. On several biggest shipyards, the process of destroying begins with beaching the vessels to the shore. Some ship-breaking contractors have their offices and yards.

The ship on the final voyage must float steadily and hit the beach of the yard where the ship totters and stop. On the shore after the engine is shut down and the anchor is dropped for making the vessel balanced. The ship breakers then begin working after preparing the plan.

At the site, the laborers pull the vessel upon the seashore, with the help of a sturdy chain, machinery system, and chains. This is the risky task of the ship destroying process. Often the chain may break during this process which can result in unfortunate accidents and great harm to the laborers.

Several regulations have to be compulsorily followed at the time of Ship demolition. The primary purpose is to ensure that the process of ship breaking doesn’t pose any unnecessary risks to the surrounding, marine life, and human. Still, some don’t follow the laws that badly affects human and surrounding.

Before the Ship demolition process begins, the fuel tank is fully drained to avoid accidents. The scrappers are removed and locate useful things like electronics, furniture, etc. All these are reused or sold. The whole vessel is examined and plans the next step. There aren’t any basic rules to break the vessel. Strict safety rules are followed by all engaged in this process. The time can vary for this process.