Ship recycling is one of our main sustainable development areas. We work in strong collaboration with Finnish industry players and experts from India to develop a sustainable ship recycling system
The collaboration between India and Finland has started on investigating the possibilities of ship recycling. The project is sponsored by Turku Repair Yard Ltd, Machine Technology Center, Turku, and Delete Finland Oy.
An old freshwater cruiser “Blue White Eagle” (built 1960) was demolished at Turku Repair Yard in October 2017 as a pilot project in a ground of Ship recycling project in Finland.
EU regulation limits end-of-life ship export to developing countries for dismantling and recycling due to environmental, health and safety problems. Ship dismantling has been done traditionally with low technology and lots of manual work.
February 23, 2021
EU regulation limits end-of-life ship export to developing countries for dismantling and recycling environmental problems and safety and health problems.
May 9, 2018
An old freshwater cruiser “Blue White Eagle” (built 1960) was demolished at Turku Repair Yard in 2017.
November 23, 2015
Katalin Talas, master's student from the University of Jyväskylä MBA Program of Corporate Environmental Management published a deep analysis of the opportunities and risks of establishing sustainable ship recycling in Finland
December 13, 2013
Professor, D.Sc (Tech), Heikki Handroos Department of Mechanical Engineering
August 20, 2013
Possible cooperation partners for different areas
October 11, 2012
The collaboration between India and Finland has started on investigating the possibilities of ship recycling.