Incinerator ship

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The Vulcanus II burned at sea

A waste incineration ship is a type of marine vessel used to incinerate waste at sea.

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Waste incineration ships, initially also called "environmental protection ships", are seagoing tankers of a special design. In contrast to conventional tankers, in addition to the normal facilities, they also have one or more incinerators, usually arranged on the aft ship, in which the waste is incinerated at temperatures of 1300 to 1400 degrees Celsius.

history

Incineration ships have been built and used from existing ships since the late 1960s. One of the main areas in which the ships were used was the incineration of chemical waste in the North Sea. But ships of this type were also operated in numerous other areas of the world. Problems with incineration, growing resistance from environmental associations and high operating costs led to the decision at the third North Sea Protection Conference of the North Sea countries in 1990 to legally prohibit waste incineration at sea on December 31, 1991. The decision was adopted by the OSPAR Commission on June 23, 1990 . After the Netherlands stopped waste incineration at sea in August 1989, it finally came to an end at the end of 1991 on the entire North Sea.

The model of Vulcanus II in the Tamm Museum

List of waste incineration ships (selection)

  • Matthias - 1969 out of the 1928-built coastal tankers Fehmarn rebuilt
  • Matthias II - from the 1958-built coastal shipping 1971 Burgwall rebuilt
  • Vulcanus - rebuilt in 1972 from the coastal ship Erich Schröder ,built in 1956
  • Matthias III - from the 1954-built tanker 1975 Fleurtje rebuilt
  • Vesta in 1979 by the - Rheinwerft Walsum rebuilt
  • Jeddah 19 - from 1980 Buesumer shipyard rebuilt
  • Damman 30 - 1980 by the Buesumer shipyard rebuilt
  • Vulcanus II - rebuilt in 1982 by Hermann Sürken in Papenburg
  • Apollo I - rebuilt in 1984 at Tacoma Boatbuilding in Washington
  • Apollo II - rebuilt in 1985 at Tacoma Boatbuilding in Washington

literature

  • Chemical poisons - burned the “Bremen way” . In: Bruno Bock (Ed.): Schiffahrt International / Seekiste . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1973, p. 114-115 .
  • Gert Uwe Detlefsen : Waste incineration in ships on the high seas . In: Shipping International . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford January 1984, p. 22-25 .
  • Margarete S. Steinhauer, Christine E. Werme: Ocean Incineration: background and Status , United States Environmental Protection Agency, August 1987

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