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- The Indian government is exploring ways to increase the use of steel salvaged from decommissioned ships.
- Current recycling methods lack clear testing and classification standards for materials that vary significantly in quality due to age and corrosion.
- Industry representatives argue that properly categorizing this steel for reuse, re-rolling, or remelting could improve economic value across the supply chain.
- India maintains a dominant position in the global ship recycling market, particularly through operations in Alang-Sosiya.
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Anand Hiremath
CEO of the Sustainable Ship and Offshore Recycling Program
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“India has built considerable capability in recycling ships safely and responsibly. The next opportunity is to extract greater value from the materials recovered in that process, while maintaining the standards required by downstream users”
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…offer for a ship. If appropriately tested ship steel can find a wider market, it gives recyclers more options for the material they recover. That can improve value realisation across the recycling chain, Noor added. “ India has built considerable capability in recycling ships safely and responsibly. The next opportunity is to extract greater value from the materials recovered in that process, while maintaining the standards required by downstream users ,” said Anand Hiremath, CEO of the Sustainable Ship and Offshore Recycling Program. Ship-recycled steel already has a second life in several forms. Greater clarity is required on where different grades and categories of…
“The objective should not be to approve all steel from ships for every application. It should be to test and classify the material properly so that steel suitable for reuse, re-rolling or remelting follows the right route.”
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…Ship and Offshore Recycling Program. Ship-recycled steel already has a second life in several forms. Greater clarity is required on where different grades and categories of recovered steel can be safely used, he said. The objective should not be to approve all steel from ships for every application. It should be to test and classify the material properly so that steel suitable for reuse, re-rolling or remelting follows the right route. There is also scope for improving traceability once steel leaves a recycling yard, he said. India accounted for 35.4 per cent of global ship recycling in 2025, while Alang-Sosiya in Gujarat handles around 98 per cent…
Nayeem Noor
Vice-President, Business Development at GMS
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“If appropriately tested ship steel can find a wider market, it gives recyclers more options for the material they recover. That can improve value realisation across the recycling chain”
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…sections of the same ship, he said. Steel demand, re-rolling capacity, local prices, currencies, financing and the ability to sell recovered materials all influence what a recycler can ultimately offer for a ship. If appropriately tested ship steel can find a wider market, it gives recyclers more options for the material they recover. That can improve value realisation across the recycling chain , Noor added. “India has built considerable capability in recycling ships safely and responsibly. The next opportunity is to extract greater value from the materials recovered in that process, while maintaining the…
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Named India · Alang-Sosiya · GMS · Anand Hiremath · Bureau of Indian Standards · Department of Science and Technology · Gujarat Maritime Board · Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways · Ministry of Steel · Nayeem Noor · Ship Recycling Industries’ Association · Sustainable Ship and Offshore Recycling Program
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