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A Study on the Ship Recycling in Northeast Asia for Sustainable Future

동북아 역내의 지속가능한 선박해체에 관한 연구

  • Sung-Kuk Kim (Department of International Trade, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Jin-Uk Lee (Division of Marine System Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • 김성국 (성균관대학교 무역학과) ;
  • 이진욱 (한국해양대학교 기관시스템공학부)
  • Received : 2021.03.30
  • Accepted : 2021.04.27
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

The ship recycling or scrap is a phenomenon in the process of vessels life cycle has ended in the shipping industry. Scrap are greatly affected by freight rates due to ship demands. Not only that, environmental regulation and economic scale vessel demand are processes that must exist in the shipping industry as they obtain management for existing vessels. In the past, shipbreaking yard had tried to work without protection for poverty, without poor working conditions and facilities to prevent the emission of harmful substances. However, the issue of environmental pollution has been raised the Basel and Hong Kong Convention have been adopted, and a new replacement of the ship scrap that induces serious pollution is required. In this study, 165 countries were analyzed to confirm the importance of determining the ship solution. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the Environmental Performance Index, which is a measure of environmental regulation, is the most influential factor of ship scrapped volume. The determinant of whether lower labor cost can be secured is more correlated with population than GDP per capita. The implications of the results of the regression analysis mean that if environmental regulations for ship scrap of the future are strengthened, the status of Bangladesh and Pakistan, which currently account for half of the world's ship recycling, may change.

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