Alang Ship-breaking Yard : Breaking Hearts ?

 

 

Context :

India’s Alang ship-breaking yard sees lowest turnover in over a decade 

( BL  / 23 April 2023 )

Extract :

Asia’s biggest ship-breaking yard at Alang in Gujarat witnessed one of its lowest turnovers in over 12 years, with just 131 ships being beached or grounded in FY23. In comparison, 209 ships were beached in FY22 and some 415 vessels in 2011-12, the best year for the yard.

 

MY  TAKE :

Dear Shri Sarbananda Sonowalji

Hon’ble Minister for Ports,Shipping and Waterways / minister-shipping@gov.in

It is still not too late to “ turn the tide “ at Alang by implementing my suggestion in my following 5 YEAR old email to Cabinet Ministers

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  /  27 April 2023

 

 

Ø  Car Grave-Yard of World ?  ……. 14 Feb 2018

 

Extract :

      Start a new initiative called “  Break  In  India “

·         Set up 100 Alang type “ CAR GRAVE YARDS “ all along the vast Indian coast ,

         as part of already announced Coastal Economic Zones (CEZs), Coastal

         Economic Units (CEUs) and Port-Linked Industrial Clusters

     ( Source : http://sagarmala.gov.in/project/port-led-industrialization  )

     Each Car Grave Yard to house 100 Car Braking Units ( total of 10,000 units )

     Each unit would have ( mandated ) minimum scrapping capacity of 5,000

     vehicles per year , aggregating 50 million vehicles per year

      ( our 25 % market share )

 

·         “ Break In India “  must find meticulous / detailed, implementation schedule in :

       #   EV  Road  Map  ( Policy Document awaiting Cabinet approval )

       #   Automotive Mission Plan 2016-26   ( AMP 2026 )

 

·         Exempt CAR  BREAK YARDS from payment of Corporate Income Tax for next

         20 years

·         Encourage existing Auto Components units to set up such “ Car Break Yards “

          by offering to them , free land ( in those CEZ ) and free electricity

 

·         From world over, encourage “ Cars to be Scrapped “ to get loaded onto “ Ships

          to be Scrapped “ and brought to these CEZ

          

      After unloading , those ships to be re-directed to Alang !

   Foreign Ship Owners can make money ( by hauling cars to India ), even in the

  last journey !

 

·     Permit 100 % FDI ( automatic route ) in Car Breaking Units . This will help bring

     latest technology, safer working conditions and high productivity .

     It will also raise the wage levels

 

·    There should be no “ Import Duty / Customs Duty “ on cars imported for breaking

 

     GST on sale ( domestic or export ) of salvaged materials should be only 5 %

 

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2019

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2021

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