TY  - JOUR
AU  - Devault, D.A.
AU  - Beilvert, B.
AU  - Winterton, P.
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Ship breaking or scuttling? A review of environmental, economic and forensic issues for decision support
T2  - Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
JO  - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
SP  - 25741
EP  - 25774
VL  - 24
IS  - 33
PB  - Springer Verlag
KW  - Artificial reef
KW  - Diving
KW  - Ship recycling
KW  - Ship Recycling Facilities
KW  - Shipbreaking
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Working conditions
KW  - Wrecks
KW  - coastal erosion
KW  - coastal zone management
KW  - cost-benefit analysis
KW  - decision support system
KW  - developing world
KW  - economic impact
KW  - environmental economics
KW  - environmental impact assessment
KW  - environmental issue
KW  - facility location
KW  - health and safety
KW  - invasive species
KW  - profitability
KW  - recycling
KW  - shipping
KW  - wreck
KW  - analysis
KW  - economics
KW  - international cooperation
KW  - pollution
KW  - prevention and control
KW  - procedures
KW  - ship
KW  - statistics and numerical data
KW  - Decision Support Techniques
KW  - Environmental Pollution
KW  - Internationality
KW  - Ships
N2  - In a globalized world, the world trade fleet plays a pivotal role in limiting transport costs. But, the management of obsolete ships is an acute problem, with most Ship Recycling Facilities (SRF) situated in developing countries. They are renowned for their controversial work and safety conditions and their environmental impact. Paradoxically, dismantlement is paid for by the shipowners in accordance with international conventions therefore it is more profitable for them to sell off ships destined for scrapping. Scuttling, the alternative to scrapping, is assessed in the present review to compare the cost/benefit ratios of the two approaches. Although scrapping provides employment and raw materials – but with environmental, health and safety costs – scuttling provides fisheries and diving tourism opportunities but needs appropriate management to avoid organic and metal pollution, introduction of invasive species and exacerbation of coastal erosion. It is also limited by appropriate bottom depth, ship type and number. The present review inventories the environmental, health, safety, economic, and forensic aspects of each alternative. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
SN  - 09441344 (Issn)
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84978819034&doi=10.1007%2fs11356-016-6925-5&partnerID=40&md5=85cf2672050966dbe03fc7649c6d2c12
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6925-5
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