Lok Sabha Question No. 148 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Ship Recycling Business
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS

## STARRED QUESTION-NO. -148

## LOK SABHA

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 29.. JULY' 2021

## SHIP RECYCLING  BUSINESS

## -148,  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL

WiII thE MiNiStET Of PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS  bE pleased to state:

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- (a) whether lndia has the potential to become the leader  of global ship ietycting  ousiness and if so the details thereof;
- (b) the details  of ship recycling  units  in the country'  State-wise;
- (c) the details  of the ships  recycled  in the country  during  the last five years, year-wise;
- (d) the steps being taken  by the Government  to establish  lndia as the ship recycling  hub of the world;
- rc\ Whether  the Government  has come  up with a- law for this  purpose  and if !"J, tn"'j"i"ii"  ,r."g  with  prominent  features  thereof:  and
- /fl whether there are any estimates  on the potential  to boost the economic Il*-n,""'""',  *"rn oi ".,uori"n'ng ship  recycling  units in the country  and if so, the details  thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- (a) to (0 A Statement  is laid on the Table  of the House'

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO lN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (0 OF LOK sleiA lranneD QUESTIoN No'.148 To BE ANSwERED  oN ig.oi.iozt  RAtsED BY sHRl JAGDAi'BIKA PAL REGARDING "sHlP RECYCLING BUSINESS".

- (a) Yes, Sir. lndia has potential  to become  the leader of global ship recycling business.Thisisproposedtobeachievedbyaugmentingtheexistingship recycling  capacity  in the country' lmplementation  of Recycling  of Ships Act' 2019,  on coming  into force of Hong Kong lnternational  Convention  for Safe and Environmentally  Sound Ship Recycling' will also attract  more ships  from around the world for recycling  in lndia
- (b) (i) Ship recycling  takes  place mainly  in Gujarat  Ship recycling  on a very small scale  also takes  place in Kerala' West Bengal  and Maharashtra'
- (ii) ln Gujarat,  ship recycling  plots are located  mainly  in Alang-Sosiya  Ship Recycling  yard. Alang Ship Recycling  yard under Gujarat  Maritime  Board [Government  of Gujarat] contributes  to around  95% of lndia's ship recycling volume.Therearetotal'ls3plotsatAlangshiprecyclingyard'whichhas been in oPeration  since 1982
- (iii) ln Kerala, ship  recycling  is carried  out on a very small scale  by Steel lndustrials  Kerala  Limited,  an undertaking  of Government  of Kerala
- (iv) ln West  Bengal,  ship recycling takes  place at Shyama Prasad  Mukherjee Port Kolkata.  At Shyama Prasad  Mukheriee  Port' Kolkata' ship breaking  is undertaken  in a very limited manner  inside its impounded  dock system at Khidderpore  Dock  The ship breaking facility  is owned  by SMPK' but is leased out to a licensed ship breaker'  During  last 7 years' 46 vessels have been recycled.
- (v)  ln Maharashtra,  ship recycling takes  ptace at Mumbai  Port  There are 12 plots at Lakri Bunder in Mumbai  Port Trust where  minimal  ship braking activities  take  place.  Smaller  vessels  are  provided  plots there  for beaching

(c)

|          | otal LDT. in MT   |
|----------|-------------------|
| 016-2017 | 811502            |
| 17 -2018 |                   |
| 1A-2019  |                   |
| 019-2020 |                   |

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(d)

- lndia has acceded to the Hong Kong lnternational  Convention  for Safe ll-i"e"i,iri'""il'".*"rrv  douno s-nip  RJcvclins'  2ooe on 28'11 2019  rhis i:: il;1,"#'ii;;Liii,ug" dt th" iouniry  as a prererred  destination for  qreen ship recycling
- il;#'r';;;;;i M;t<herjee  eort Kolkata  has communicated  approval I;';;i";r1;il;";;al  s'hipvard  Limited ror settins  up or a  sreen.field It ,"rl|"Ji"ii"J  t""ir",iv "ir,itii ru'tn"''  a  piece  oI tlnd  owned bv SMPK ;i':;il,g;;;  nas atso ueen t"'uik"d  for ship recvcling  facilitv  in
- Ett"trt'"."1,i  6"i-"s-;a"de  to bring more  ships to lndia by upgrading existinq inf rastructure
- 3l'"!10",'"ntheseo,srTl,jc.1-1"-"jii1l"i.r',i1,'if ii;f  :,i,lliff  'lX; Limited Kerala  has  Planned  for exF ;"$;il;; ,jrriiLag"o  drydock  alons with ausmentation  ot shrp breaking  facilities.
- (e) Yes Sir.
- (i) The Recycling  of Ships Act, 2019 has been enacted  on 1312'2019  The Act  provides  legal  framework  for implementation  of the  provisions  of the Hong Kong lnternational  Convention for  Safe and Environmentally  Sound Ship Recycling,  2009.  Prominent  features  of the Act are as follows:
- . restrictions  on use of hazardous  material  during  construclion  and repair of shiPS
- "nlps . snii spJcitic  approved  ship recycling  plans
- . ,".Ju"iino  of only in authorised  ship recycling  facilities

- . shios to be in  possession  of certificate of inventory of hazardous material  and certificate  of ready for recycling'
- . ""i"' ,"0  Jnvir5nmentally sound removal and management  of hazardous  materials  from a shiP
- . ;r;;;";; i""pection  of the s'hips to ensuie. that they comp-ly-with  the i"qritlr"nt"  of certificates of inventory of hazardous  material  and ready for recycling  certificate

(0 While there are no specific estimates,  ship  recycling  industry  is a major sourceofSecondarySteelbesidesprovidingemploymenttolargenumberof semi-skilled/unskilled  workers.  Steel scrap  constitutes  around  90-95%  of the LDT of a ship. A study conducted by the Gujarat Maritime Board shows  that production  of secondary  steel through ship recycling  route saves  considerable naturalresourcescomparedtosteelproductionthroughprimaryrouterrom iron orel.