Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2023
From cradle to grave
The end of life of a ship is – similar to living beings – something we sometimes deal with unwillingly or too little. The vessel has done its job, made profits at best, and now has to quit. When we talk about recycling ships, most of us have images in mind of ships being steered full speed ahead onto beaches to facilitate dismantling, the so-called beaching process. While this is still common practice in countries like Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, it is surely not a suitable or sustainable approach to managing a growing number of end-of-life ships....