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End-of-Life Recycling GHG

Emissions from ship recycling - towing to yard, beaching or dry-docking, dismantling, steel recovery, waste disposal. Net balance is usually NEGATIVE (CO₂ avoided) because recovered scrap steel displaces virgin blast-furnace steel.

LifecycleScope 3

Vessel

Light displacement tonnage (LDT)tSteel fraction of LDT%Steel recovery rate%Indian & Bangladeshi yards 95 %+; EU / Turkey 85–92 %.

Dismantling + transport

Final tow distancenmTow fuel ratet/dayTow speedknDismantling yard CO₂ per LDTt CO₂ / t LDT

Tow-fuel CO₂

778.5t

Yard operations CO₂

900.0t

Scrap steel credit

18,299t CO₂

Net recycling CO₂

-16,620t CO₂

Net CO₂ avoided

Formula, assumptions, and limits

Scrap-steel credit = recovered mass × (BF-BOF emission factor minus EAF scrap-based factor). World-average avoided emission is ~1.3 t CO₂ per tonne of scrap that displaces virgin steel at destination mills.