Shipbreaking: Hazards and Liabilities

• Main Author: Galley, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Environmental sciences.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Trade.; Law of the sea.; International environmental law.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; International Environmental Law.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

Most of the world’s redundant ships are scrapped on the beaches of the Indian sub-continent, largely by hand. As well as cargo residues and wastes, ships contain high levels of hazardous materials that are released into the surrounding ecology when scrapped. The scrapping process is labour-intensive...