Following from the Chios Marine Club:
“We please and honoured to provide you with the following link for your information on the topic: ”CIRCULAR ECONOMY & SHIP RECYCLING”.
This is the result of the collaboration between the National Technical University of Athens and the University of West Attica. One of our Members (one of the alternate members of the Board of Directors of our Club), Mr. Epaminondas Banos (Dipl. Chemical Engineer, NTUA, MSc), participated in writing a chapter of the book of scientific/technical publications of the well known internationaly Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business. The publication/book’s title is “Circular Economy for Sustainable Development” (book cover pictured above).
Integrating Circular Economy Principles in Ship Recycling
A Review of Decision-Making Approaches
ByEleni Strantzali, Epaminondas D. Banos, Sotiria Dimitrellou, Georgios A. Livanos, Dimitrios-Nikolaos S. Pagonis
BookCircular Economy for Sustainable Development
Edition1st Edition
First Published2026
ImprintCRC Press
Pages 27
ABSTRACT
In recent decades, waste management practices have become one of the major global environmental concerns. Maritime transport has a significant share of the worldwide economy. Although the end-of-life (EoL) ships can generate environmentally hazardous waste, they can also become a source of recoverable materials. Ship recycling (SR) falls under the main principles of the circular economy (CE) approach. By focusing on this approach, maritime industry requires the integration of economic, environmental, and social factors. Decision-making methodologies are able to address multidimensional aspects, providing robust solutions to the problems involving conflict and multiple objectives. The aim of this chapter is to investigate the contribution of decision support methodologies to the integration of circular economy principles in ship recycling. Research papers have been collected and categorized to demonstrate their usefulness, to create a path for development, and provide the inspiration for future research in this research area.
The link:
NB. The book is edited by Konstantinos G. Aravossis, Grigorios I. Kyriakopoulos and Eleni Strangali
