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

“In order to change the world seas, it is important to achieve the new Ship Recycling in Japan.
I believe Muroran can do it!” Kazumichi Shimizu, a professor at Muroran Institute Technology, declared, and “Muroran Ship Recycling Study Group” was established in 2008.
“Is it possible to dismantle environment preservation ships and actually recycle?”, “Is that realistic business model?” There are a lot of difficulties.
The only way to achieve our goal is to promote cooperation among the government, industry, and academia as well as every region of the country.

Muroran is home to steel manufacturing, shipbuilding, and PCB recycling facilities,and we have the necessary technology to make the best use of these resources without putting an unnecessary burden on the environment.

Muroran is home to steel manufacturing, shipbuilding, and PCB recycling facilities,and we have the necessary technology to make the best use of these resources without putting an unnecessary burden on the environment.

Muroran used to be a prosperous city of steel manufacturing and shipbuilding, but due to rationalization of companies in recent years, many abandoned shipbuilding facilities are existing.

In order to transport scrapped iron and waste oil from a hulk of 10,000 tons, 1000 heavy trucks are necessary.
Because many related facilities are located in Muroran, the transportation cost can be reduced compared to other places.

From 1887 (the 40th year of the Meiji Era), large ironworks and steelworks were built.
Before the World War II, they were for military use, after that, heavy industries of iron manufacturing, steel manufacturing, shipbuilding as well as modern industries like cement and oil refining were developed.
And then Muroran had become a city of steel.
Even though our industries were shrunk, and the population was halved due to the rationalization of companies, existing various industries with high technology have been creating new businesses. Because of Hakucho Bridge, the largest bridge in eastern Japan, Muroran has been popular place for the night view of plants in recent years.