Study of ship breaking industry and its value chain analysis

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.