<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper shortly presents the issue of utilization of ships after their withdrawal from service. Information on number of floating units liquidated in previous years was presented. Hazards to the environment, health and life of workers employed in the Far East ship scrapping yards operating on the beaches, were indicated. Then, the most important rules which have to make the ship recycling process safe were referred to. This author proposed to supplement the rules by environmental hazard indices which would be determined already in ship design stage. According to the concept the indices should take into account amount of dangerous substances used for building the ship as well as degree of their harmfulness (weighing factors). Two approaches to the issue of determining the weighing factors were proposed: deterministic and fuzzy.</p></abstract>

This paper shortly presents the issue of utilization of ships after their withdrawal from service. Information on number of floating units liquidated in previous years was presented. Hazards to the environment, health and life of workers employed in the Far East ship scrapping yards operating on the beaches, were indicated. Then, the most important rules which have to make the ship recycling process safe were referred to. This author proposed to supplement the rules by environmental hazard indices which would be determined already in ship design stage. According to the concept the indices should take into account amount of dangerous substances used for building the ship as well as degree of their harmfulness (weighing factors). Two approaches to the issue of determining the weighing factors were proposed: deterministic and fuzzy.

Indices for Assessing Potential Environmental Hazard from Future Ship Scrapping Process, Determinable in Ship Design Stage

Polish Maritime Research

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This paper shortly presents the issue of utilization of ships after their withdrawal from service. Information on number of floating units liquidated in...

Indices for Assessing Potential Environmental Hazard from Future Ship Scrapping Process, Determinable in Ship Design Stage

Published Online: Jun 07, 2018

Page range: 243 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0048

Keywords
ship utilization, safety, environmental protection, safety indices, weighing factors

© 2018 Roman Liberacki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Indices for Assessing Potential Environmental Hazard from Future Ship Scrapping Process, Determinable in Ship Design Stage

Published Online: Jun 07, 2018

Page range: 243 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0048

Keywordsship utilization, safety, environmental protection, safety indices, weighing factors

© 2018 Roman Liberacki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
ship utilization, safety, environmental protection, safety indices, weighing factors