Aliağa scrapping yards

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2016

The scrapping yards of Aliağa (Turkish: Aliağa Gemi Söküm Tesisleri) are located northwest of Aliağa (Turkey) in the Bay of Çandarlı in the Aegean Sea . The recycling of ships began here in 1974. The scrapping yards are just under 200 kilometers south of the Dardanelles .

Economical meaning

In 2009, 298,000 t of steel scrap were recovered in the scrapping plants , in 2012 a total of 927,000 t. In 2010 there were 21 companies here that employed 1,800 people. The Aliağa dismantling yards are considered one of the top addresses in Europe for ship dismantling. According to EU regulation No. 1257/2013 , some of the Aliağa scrapping yards are recognized dismantling sites for European ships.

The Aliağa scrapping yards represent an important source of procurement for the Turkish steelworks in the Izmir region . Turkey is one of the main buyers of segregated drilling platforms . From summer 2020, the dismantling yards were considered to be the winners of the COVID-19 pandemic . Cruise ships and material offshore production were increasingly given there for scrapping.

Problems

The asbestos problem in scrapping became known even after the scrapping yards were founded. In addition, there were high numbers of accidents and fatalities in the Aliağa shipbuilding yards up until 2003. There were also fatalities later, as in 2013 when the Love Boat , the Pacific Princess, was scrapped .

List of scrapped ships (selection)

The ships scrapped here include:

Web links

Commons : Aliağa Shipyards  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ship scrapping sueddeutsche.de
  2. ↑ http://kuestner-rohstoffe.de/tuerkische-recyclingbranche-verspricht-teilees-wachsen/
  3. ↑ a b Permits for further facilities for the scrapping of ships issued by eu-recycling.com
  4. ↑ EU-Recycling, Edition 12/2019, pages 30 to 32, ( online PDF 7.8 MB ), accessed on July 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ Allan E. Jordan: Sovereign, the World's First Mega Cruise Ship, Arrives at Scrapyard in The Maritime Executive, July 21, 2020. ( Memento of July 25, 2020 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ Jason Jiang: Valaris scraps three young drillships originally ordered for $ 2.25bn in splash247.com, July 6, 2020. ( Memento of July 25, 2020 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Recknagel and Alleweldt: The asbestos problem in the scrapping yards of Aliaga-Turkey , December 1992
  8. ↑ Provisional closure orders against three shipyards in Tuzla
  9. ↑ Love Boat: Two workers die while scrapping
  10. ↑ http://www.robindesbois.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shipbreaking13.pdf
  11. ^ The damaged Purple Beach is being scrapped

Coordinates: 38 ° 49 ′ 37.2 ″  N , 26 ° 55 ′ 48 ″  E