Ship Recycling Facility
With over 25 years of experience and as one of the few companies in the Netherlands with all the necessary certificates and permits, Hapo's sister company SSN meets the highest standards for the safe and environmentally friendly recycling of ships, shipwrecks, offshore platforms and other objects. Transparent advice, a fair price for your scrap metals and no surprises afterwards are what SSN is about in terms of its relationship with clients.
Recycling responsibly
Prior to demolition and recycling, a close inspection of a ship is always made, paying close attention to raw and other materials and equipment on board with value. Also necessary is to check for dangerous materials. When this process is completed, the initial value of the vessel is to be determined. The materials that get salvaged are processed into workable raw materials. Profits made selling these raw materials are deducted from demolition costs and any profits left are offered to the owner of the ship.
The actual demolition of a ship takes place in ‘s-Gravendeel. All salvaged raw- and other materials are treated, removed and processed, if possible reduced to a smaller size and stored on the recycling yard. The processed materials are sold to costumers. Unusable and dangerous materials are removed and offered to specialised recycling companies. Workable processed materials are sold to traders.
Guidelines
SSN strictly follows all Dutch and European guidelines involving demolition and recycling vessels. These guidelines are deeply woven in its entire recycling process. SSN is also one of the few demolition sites for shipwrecks that is included in the European list of implementation (EU) 2016/2323 involving ship recycling facilities for regulation (EU) 1257/2013 by the European Parlement and council involving ship recycling facilities.