Story Story of Ship Recycling

1. Our lives are supported by ships.
2. Current State of Ship Recycling
3. End-of-life Ships are not “Wastes”, they are “Resources”.
4. Problems with local environmental pollution and incidents of worker injury and fatality in the ship-breaking yards.
5. Change Ship Recycling!
6. Enacting Ship Recycling Treaty which includes obligation rules to minimize the labor accidents and environmental pollution is urgently needed.
7. Japan as Shipbuilder and Fleet Owner
8. Change the world seas from the Muroran Ship Recycling Study Group

Recycling of end-of-life ships is Ship Recycling.
Ship Recycling commonly takes place in developing nations.

In the ship-breaking yards in these developing nations, a lack of work safety standards and preservation of the surrounding environment are concerned.
Under the poor working conditions, laborers sacrifice their life and health; moreover, water pollution and land pollution at the surrounding sites become an international issue.

Due to the deterioration of the seaborne shipping and booming shipping construction, the number of ship dismantling will increase.
Therefore, establishment of safe and environmentally sound ship recycling is urgently demanded.