Abstract:
Ship breaking Industry of Sitakunda in Chittagong is the main source of metal in
Rangladesh. "Ibis study looks into the process of ship breaking. "lbe study v;as carried
out by visiting the ship breaking yards, interviewing the managers and workers. The
~"tudyalso covered the process how materials from ship breaking is sorted and
marketed. It is found from the study that the ship breaking process is quite unorganized.
However the material sorting and marketing is considerably organized and efficient.
The stndy found that there are rooms for improvement. The study suggested a scientific
sequence of operations based on the concept of the reverse process of shipbuilding.
Accordingly an organized layout is suggested for ship breaking. The study also
suggested some improvement in fue marketing of ship breaking materials.
