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Improved Stakeholder Management at Aliaga Ship Recycling Yards, Turkey International Conference on Ship Recycling SHIPREC 2013 7 – 9 April Volkan Tunarli / MSc. Student – Project Management Supervisor: Prof. Annik Magerholm Fet Agenda • Strengths and Success Drivers • Weaknesses – Areas for Improvement • Future Growth Potential
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Aliaga, Turkey o Fifth largest ship recycling country / OECD member o 25 plots owned by private companies o Annual capacity more than 900.000 LDT
Nordstrand at Aliaga
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Strengths and Success Drivers • Establishment of Waste Management Center – – – – –
Identify the binding regulations Develop internal standards Control the commitment of the yard companies Impose effective penalties Provide support for the things that companies cannot do better for themselves
• Advantages of the Location – Infrastructure services and efficient logistics – Close distance to disposal facilities and steel factories
• Precise inspections on HAZMAT before acceptance
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Weaknesses – Areas for Improvement Problem: Slipway Dismantling – Oil and waste spills to the sea Solution: Building drydocks Problem: Fatal accidents Solution: WMC to be authorized for trainings and standardization of activities, limited use of subcontractors, addressing all the pending problems Problem: Ships enter into Aliaga with excessive HAZMAT inside Solution: More effective intergovernmental solutions
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Future Growth Potential of Ship Recyling in Turkey • Importance of scrap steel from dismantled ships for the steel industry • More ship recycling can help reducing the gap in the trade deficit of Turkey • Aliaga is almost in the utmost limits – no possibility for growth • Difficulties related with dedicating other coastal areas for ship recycling
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Thank you.
Volkan Tunarli Volkan Tunarli tunarli@stud.ntnu.no