ON THE UTILIZATION OF RECYCLED VESSELS FOR EXTRACTION OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL, MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES

Over 130 million tons deadweight of the worlds ships are out of effective use due to ageing, a decrease in freight or simply that they are out of date. Two ways to handle this problem could be followed: destruction or recycling of redundant constructions. However, cutting into scrap is time consuming and harmful to the ecology. Meanwhile, activities for the utilization of natural resources, especially marine related, are rapidly increasing, and the demand for various floating structures for the realization of these activities is increasing. The idea of utilizing obsolete ships or other marine structures after recycling as facilities for extracting natural energy, chemical and biological resources from the ocean is considered in the paper.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • MARIND '96, 1st Intl Conf on Marine Industry; 2-7 June 1996, Varna, Bulgaria. Organised by Bulgarian Soc Naval Architects & Marine Engrs et al. Ed by P.A. Bogdanov. Procs. Vol III, p 341 [4 p, 9 ref]
• Authors:
  • Pentschew, P
  • Vassilev, P
  • Kishev, R
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy resources
• Uncontrolled Terms: Obsolescence; Ocean resources
• Subject Areas: Energy; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00733815
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 1997 12:00AM