Ships can now be recycled in Germany instead of being transported over long distances to Southeast Asian Countries for demolition.
EWD Benli Recycling, part of the Emden-based shipyard Emden Werft und Dock (EWD), received the required permits from the Oldenburg State Trade Supervisory Office (GAA Oldenburg) this year.
The facility will dismantle seagoing vessels, inland waterway ships, passenger ships and ferries, along with offshore wind turbines and industrial plants.
Björn Sommer, the Managing Director, said that the facility will dismantle everything which enters the Port of Emden through the sea lock.
Lower Saxony’s Environment Minister Christian Meyer expressed his happiness at the fact that the Port of Emden can plan and build with a future in mind, so ships can be recycled there and not in distant nations.
The permit covers the recycling of government ships in non-commercial use, inland and coastal vessels and also seagoing vessels. It covers all steps of the ship recycling process, including subsequent dismantling and depollution of pollutants.
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