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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Ship Recycling Plunges to Lowest Level in Decades
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Ship Recycling Plunges to Lowest Level in Decades

Ship recycling has plummeted to its lowest point in two decades as ships are kept in operation longer due to a combination of market shocks, strong demand, and

April 4, 2024
Total Views: 2057

Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Norway’s Wealth Fund Rewards Two Companies for Cleaning Up Their Act on Ship Breaking

Norway’s $1.3 trillion wealth fund announced on Tuesday that it has lifted the exclusion of Thoresen Thai Agencies and ended its observation of Hyundai

October 3, 2023
Total Views: 5849

Monday, June 26, 2023
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Shipbreaking: Bangladesh, Liberia Trigger Hong Kong Convention’s Entry Into Force

More than 14 years since the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound

June 26, 2023
Total Views: 2987

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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BIMCO Predicts Unprecedented Surge in Ship Recycling

The global maritime industry is set to witness an extraordinary surge in ship recycling activities over the course of the next decade, with more than 15,000

May 17, 2023
Total Views: 2835

Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Marco Polo Marine Approved for ‘Green’ Ship Recycling in Indonesia
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Marco Polo Marine Approved for ‘Green’ Ship Recycling in Indonesia

Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine is venturing into “green” ship recycling with the approval of Indonesian authorities. The company’s Batam

January 5, 2022
Total Views: 8134

Friday, June 22, 2018
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NGO Shipbreaking Platform Slams Shipping Industry ‘Scaremongering’ to Undermine European Ship Recycling Regulation

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is accusing the shipping industry of using ‘scaremonger’ tactics and ‘fake news’ in order to get South

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 62

Friday, January 13, 2017
European Shipowners: Open EU Ship Recycling List to Foreign Yards
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European Shipowners: Open EU Ship Recycling List to Foreign Yards

European shipowners are calling for the European Commission to open its list of approved ship recycling facilities to non-EU countries as soon as possible in

January 13, 2017
Total Views: 58

Thursday, December 22, 2016
European Ship Recycling List Published But Non-EU Yards Forced to Wait
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European Ship Recycling List Published But Non-EU Yards Forced to Wait

The European Commission has published and adopted the first version of the long-awaited European List of accepted ship recycling facilities for exclusive

December 22, 2016
Total Views: 64

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
IMO Ship Recycling Convention Gets Boost from Panama
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IMO Ship Recycling Convention Gets Boost from Panama

The International Maritime Organization’s effort to implement new international regulations intended to the promote safe and environmentally

September 20, 2016
Total Views: 110

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10-Year-Old Panamax Becomes Youngest Containership Ever Sold for Scrap

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The 4,546 teu 2006-built Viktoria Wulff (ex MSC Firenze) has become the youngest containership to be sold for scrap as

September 20, 2016
Total Views: 310

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
‘Naming and Shaming’ Undermines Progress Made on Ship Beaching, Largest Cash Buyer Says
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‘Naming and Shaming’ Undermines Progress Made on Ship Beaching, Largest Cash Buyer Says

The world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling is calling on the shipping industry to support the recycling businesses that are striving to

February 23, 2016
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Italian Shipping Companies Called Out Over Beaching Practices
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Italian Shipping Companies Called Out Over Beaching Practices

Responsible shipbreaking advocacy group NGO Shipbreaking Platform has called out three Italian shipping over their supposed continued use of South Asian

November 17, 2015
Total Views: 29

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Alang Ship Recyclers’ Compliance Shows Not All Breakers Are Bad, Says Largest Cash Buyer
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Alang Ship Recyclers’ Compliance Shows Not All Breakers Are Bad, Says Largest Cash Buyer

  The world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling says that this week’s news that two ship recycling yards in Alang, India have received

October 1, 2015
Total Views: 146

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Alang Shipbreakers Awarded Hong Kong Convention Compliance
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Alang Shipbreakers Awarded Hong Kong Convention Compliance

  Two Alang ship recycling facilities have received Statements of Compliance (SoC) verifying that the facilities are in line with the Hong Kong

September 29, 2015
Total Views: 156

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Is This the End for South Asia Shipbreakers?
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Is This the End for South Asia Shipbreakers?

By Krishna N. Das and Keith Wallis ALANG, India/SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) – In the world’s biggest ship recycling centre of Alang on

July 16, 2015
Total Views: 163

Monday, February 9, 2015
Japan Backs Ship Beaching Yards in India
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Japan Backs Ship Beaching Yards in India

A delegation of industry and government stakeholders from Japan has expressed some support of certain ship recycling yards in Alang, India after seeing

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 24

Wednesday, November 5, 2014
GMS Challenges European Commission on Ship Breaking
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GMS Challenges European Commission on Ship Breaking

Global Marketing Systems, Inc (GMS), the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, has challenged the European Commission’s intention to

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 40

Thursday, August 21, 2014
Ex-USS Saratoga Departs Rhode Island on Final Voyage – Photos
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Ex-USS Saratoga Departs Rhode Island on Final Voyage – Photos

The ex-USS Saratoga (CV 60) on Thursday set off on its final voyage from Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island to the port of Brownsville, Texas where the ship

August 21, 2014
Total Views: 151

Friday, July 25, 2014
Notorious Drug Smuggling Freighter Headed for Scrapyard
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Notorious Drug Smuggling Freighter Headed for Scrapyard

A freighter seized off the coast of Washington state nearly four decades ago in one of the largest marijuana busts in the region's history was moved to Seattle

July 25, 2014
Total Views: 279

Friday, February 7, 2014
Former Royal Navy Destroyers Being Sold for Scrap
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Former Royal Navy Destroyers Being Sold for Scrap

The U.K. Ministry of Defense is inviting interested parties to bid on two former Royal Navy destroyers being sold for

February 7, 2014
Total Views: 100
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