Recycling of Decommissioned Naval Fleet

Main characteristic of ship recycling is the interdisciplinary nature of the engineering processes associated with it. These processes are multidimensional and have certain shortcomings, which make ship recycling a complex industry. The product design and life cycle stage management of naval fleet differ from that of merchant ships, still they also reach the same destination for dismantling. This demands implementation of new methodologies being implemented in merchant ship recycling, in naval ship recycling field as well. This paper presents two important ship recycling design and development tools, viz., Design for Ship Recycling and Recyclability Analysis which would add to the effectiveness of clean and safe recycling of naval fleet. Application of Design for Ship Recycling concept in naval ship design has been discussed. The concept of Recyclability Analysis of products and equipment with respect to ship recycling is presented as a guideline.