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December 2012www.marinelink.com 27Elite RSM marine & offshore ? re detection systems USCG Type Approved Fire Detection ? Cost effective analog addressable ? Auto learn feature for automated system setup ? High quality Marine grade Apollo detectors ? 2 loops, 126 zones, up to 252 smoke or heat detectors ? IMO SOLAS also available Contact Dave Blice: dblice @? reboy-xintex.com P.O. Box 152 ? Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0152 Toll-free: 866-350-9500 ? Fax: 616-735-9381 www.? reboy-xintex.com into existence. Ideally Alang can be said to have all the makings for the best ship recycling destination. ?This labor intensive industry provides direct employment to over 35,000 work- ers,? asserts Ulhas S Kalghatgi, Chief Sur- veyor and Senior Vice President of the Indian Register of Shipping. ?It provides spin-off to other industries, including re- rolling mills, suppliers of oxygen and liq-uefied petroleum gas, scrap processors and also to traders involved in selling sec- ond-hand products such as furniture andfittings etc. More than 90% of ship break- ing in the world is taking place in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Turkey.? Safety and environmental concerns have tormented the industry since the past two decades following reports of workers? ca- sualty and death. Following a spate of al- legations by environmentalists and Greenpeace organizations, a 15-member delegation from IMO consisting of repre- sentatives from the World Bank and the European Commission visited the Alang ship-breaking yard from January 7-10,2008, and inspected the safety and envi- ronmental safeguards at the facility. Again another delegation numbering 20 members and headed by IMO implemen-tation officer for marine environment di- vision Nikos E. Mikelis visited Alang on MR#12 (26-33):MR Template 12/3/2012 2:25 PM Page 27