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RUSSIAN FEDERATION Ship breaking in Asia Sources: International Labour Organization, Basel Action Network,International Maritime Organization, INTERTANKO, Lloyd's List Toxics Link India, Greenpeace India, 1998 to 2002. RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Amour

Sea of Okhotsk

Oulan-Bator

KAZAKHSTAN

MONGOLIA

Mer de lÕEst (Mer du japon)

Pacific Ocean

NORTH KOREA

Beijing

Almaty

Pyongyang

Bichkek

KYRGYZSTAN

UZBEKISTAN

Seoul

Tokyo

KIRGHIZSTAN

Tachkent

SOUTH KOREA

UZBEKISTAN

AZERB.

TURKMENISTAN

TAJIKISTAN

TURKEY

Douchanbe

JAPAN

Main shipbreaking countries Main shipbreaking yards

CHINA

Kaboul

CACHEMIRE Islamabad

Shanghai

AFGHANISTAN

Y a n g T s e R i v e r

TIBET

IRAK

Okinawa (Japan) several sites along the Yangtze river

IRAN

BHUTAN BANGLADESH

PAKISTAN

NEPAL PAL

Ta•peh

Thimbu

BHUTAN

Ship scrapping in Million tonnes

New Delhi

I n d u s

Katmandou

Karashi

Karachi

Dakha

SAUDI ARABIA

5 8,5 2

VIETNAM

aohsiung

Hong Kong

Bahvnagar

BURMA

INDIA

Hano•

OMAN

LAOS

Hainan (Chine)

Chittagong 37 sites

South China Sea

Vientiane

Alang

Guam (ƒ.-U.)

125 sites along the Pakistani coast

Rangoon

Bangkok THAìLAND

Paracels

Mumbai

Manila PHILIPPINES

Gulf of Bengal

YEMEN

CAMBODIA

These figures are from 1998. Since then, China and Bangladesh have moved to the first places.

Phnom Penh

Spratley

180 sites along the Indian coast

MICRONESIA

Colombo

BRUNEì

MALDIVES

Bandar Seri Begawan

MALAYSIA

SRI LANKA

Kuala Lumpur

PALAU

Male

Indian Ocean

SIingapore

Million tonnes 3

Ships broken up at Alang

PAPUA- NEW- GUINEA

Diego Garcia (R.-U.)

Jakarta

I N D O N E S I A

Source: Gujarat Maritime Board, 2004.

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The shipbreaking yards of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh employ approximately 100 000 workers (40 000 in India alone). In India, ship-breaking provides 10% of steel for the industry, the number of indirect jobs is estimated to 100 000.

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1995

2000

2002

AUSTRALIA

Finding a safer way A number of international organi- sations like the Basel Conven- tion, the International Maritime Organisation, and the Interna- tional Labour Organisation are working to find a safer way to recycle old ships. Ship owners have agreed in principal to pro- vide buyers with a gas free certif- icate and a list of hazardous ma- terials and their location. Some western countries are investigat- ing the possibility of establishing high tech, environmentally safe shipbreaking yards.

A new lease of life About 95% of a ship’s body is made of mild steel with the rest made up of stainless steel, and miscellaneous metals, such as brass, aluminium, copper and other alloys. Places like Bangladesh and India are dependent on shipbreaking for their domestic steel. The steel scrap supports a multitude of in- dustries, employing millions of people. Ship fittings and stores are also traded. These may include engines, boilers, furniture, electronics, clothing, foodstuffs and first aid equipment. Prices paid for old ships vary enormously. Between 2001 and 2003 the price fluctuated between US $48 and US $240 (Greenpeace 2003).