Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 3:28:13 GMT -6
Abu Dhabi-based marine contracting company Khamis Al Rumaithy (KARE) hopes to turn the UAE into a ship recycling hub.
The company hopes to establish a ship recycling facility in the region, which it says will give the country "a seat at the top table in any future global negotiations on the marine environment", says KARE managing director Bob Hawke, according to The National.
The company has drawn up plans and is looking for a deep-sea location where it can build a facility capable of dismantling vessels of up to 12,000 tons.
There is demand for steel in the region, Hawke says, noting Canada Mobile Database that there are steel plants in the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. “They already consume huge amounts of scrap steel and are looking to expand their capacity. So it makes sense to have a supply of scrap steel right on your doorstep,” he says.
Currently, many countries that recycle ships recycle them on beaches, a process that results in significant environmental pollution. The European Parliament's Environment Committee recently voted to create a pan-European ship recycling fund in response to proposed European Commission rules to ensure that European ships are only recycled in facilities that are safe for workers and environmentally friendly. Many European ships end up in substandard facilities on the tidal beaches of South Asia, where the environmental protection and safety measures needed to handle the hazardous materials contained on end-of-life ships are largely lacking.
The KARE project will fully comply with current environmental standards and recommendations developed by the European Union and the UN International Maritime Organization. Houck says KARE will create green waste recycling facilities where ships will be broken down on land. “We are not interested in going ashore. Every time you breach the hull in the intertidal zone, all the toxins present on the ship will be flushed out. This is something that local authorities will not allow,” Hawke told the NGO Ship Dismantling Platform.
According to a study released earlier this month by Digital Realty Trust, about 98 percent of large corporations plan to expand their data centers in 2013 or 2014, but only 14 percent of them cited energy efficiency as the single most important factor influencing their expansion plan. Security was cited as the most influential reason for data center expansion, with 23 percent of respondents citing it as the most important factor influencing their decision making. Although only 14 percent of respondents planning expansion cited it as the most important factor, energy efficiency was the second most important factor cited by respondents, according to the Campos North America survey.
However, according to a survey of data center users released in November by Emerson Network Power, energy costs and equipment efficiency in data centers are top concerns for data center managers. When asked to name their top three facility/grid issues, 48 percent of respondents named energy efficiency, making it the top answer for the first time since the survey began in 2005.
The company hopes to establish a ship recycling facility in the region, which it says will give the country "a seat at the top table in any future global negotiations on the marine environment", says KARE managing director Bob Hawke, according to The National.
The company has drawn up plans and is looking for a deep-sea location where it can build a facility capable of dismantling vessels of up to 12,000 tons.
There is demand for steel in the region, Hawke says, noting Canada Mobile Database that there are steel plants in the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. “They already consume huge amounts of scrap steel and are looking to expand their capacity. So it makes sense to have a supply of scrap steel right on your doorstep,” he says.
Currently, many countries that recycle ships recycle them on beaches, a process that results in significant environmental pollution. The European Parliament's Environment Committee recently voted to create a pan-European ship recycling fund in response to proposed European Commission rules to ensure that European ships are only recycled in facilities that are safe for workers and environmentally friendly. Many European ships end up in substandard facilities on the tidal beaches of South Asia, where the environmental protection and safety measures needed to handle the hazardous materials contained on end-of-life ships are largely lacking.
The KARE project will fully comply with current environmental standards and recommendations developed by the European Union and the UN International Maritime Organization. Houck says KARE will create green waste recycling facilities where ships will be broken down on land. “We are not interested in going ashore. Every time you breach the hull in the intertidal zone, all the toxins present on the ship will be flushed out. This is something that local authorities will not allow,” Hawke told the NGO Ship Dismantling Platform.
According to a study released earlier this month by Digital Realty Trust, about 98 percent of large corporations plan to expand their data centers in 2013 or 2014, but only 14 percent of them cited energy efficiency as the single most important factor influencing their expansion plan. Security was cited as the most influential reason for data center expansion, with 23 percent of respondents citing it as the most important factor influencing their decision making. Although only 14 percent of respondents planning expansion cited it as the most important factor, energy efficiency was the second most important factor cited by respondents, according to the Campos North America survey.
However, according to a survey of data center users released in November by Emerson Network Power, energy costs and equipment efficiency in data centers are top concerns for data center managers. When asked to name their top three facility/grid issues, 48 percent of respondents named energy efficiency, making it the top answer for the first time since the survey began in 2005.