The rapid development of water transportation industry has accelerated the speed of ship replacement. The limited service life of ships and strict environmental requirements also result in a large number of ships having to retire every year due to their age or emissions not meeting standards.
Given the large size of ships, abandonment is not an ideal choice, and destruction would waste valuable resources in vain. With people's increasing awareness of environmental protection, dismantling and recycling may be a new way out for retired ships to be environmentally friendly and economical.
The large amount of steel and other metal materials that make up ships can be broken into smaller shapes by metal shredders and then melted back into recycled metal; Plastic products, ropes, and wooden products can be regenerated and reused as raw materials after crushing and sorting, or used for incineration to replace coal; Lifeboats, toilets, light bulbs, and other various accessories can be sold to waste recycling stations; The residual household waste and kitchen waste on board the ship can be disposed of by the increasingly mature household waste/kitchen waste comprehensive recycling system; As for hazardous waste packaging containers such as iron barrels, plastic barrels, IBC ton barrels, and wooden boxes with residual toxic and harmful substances, there are now reliable and safe tower style hazardous waste disposal systems to help solve the problem.
Although there has been a very good development in the dismantling technology and equipment of ships at present, GEP will continue to make efforts in this area, building good equipment and making good plans.
