Danish shipping giant Maersk Line has announced plans to scrap eight panamax ships at yards in India and China. The world's largest container shipping company has come under fire this year over its shipbreaking practices, specifically its return to beaching facilities in Alang, India where the company intends to recycle more ships in the future. Maersk says of the eight … [Read more...]
Denmark Environment Minister Under Fire for Dodging Questions About Maersk’s Shipbreaking Policy
Denmark's Environmental Minister has come under fire for failing to provide concrete answers to questions regarding the Danish government’s position on shipbreaking in South Asia amid Maersk's controversial decision to send end-of-life ships to approved yards in Alang, India for recycling. The Danish Environment Minister, Esben Lunde Larsen, was in Brussels Wednesday to … [Read more...]
Maersk Defends Controversial Use of Alang Shipbreaking Yards
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Monday it was striving to improve workers' rights at shipbreaking yards it uses in India after criticisms of hazardous conditions. The Danish company also expressed regret that a ship it sold this year, the "North Sea Producer", had then been taken to a shipbreaking yard … [Read more...]
European Shipowners Back Maersk’s Stance on Alang
European shipowners are speaking up in support of responsible ship recycling in Alang, India and the decision by several large shipowners to begin testing upgraded recycling facilities in Alang that are complying with international standards over safety and pollution prevention. The latest show of support comes from the European Community Shipowners' Association, a … [Read more...]
NGOs: Maersk ‘Undermining Its Reputation ’ With Alang Shipbreaking Plans
Shipping giant Maersk Group has been called out by a coalition of NGOs over its decision to start sending more of its end-of-life vessels to shipbreaking yards in Alang, India where ships continue to be dismantled using the beaching method. The Clean Shipping Coalition, made up of nine international NGOs and focussed exclusively on shipping issues, says that Maersk is … [Read more...]
Maersk Sending First Two Vessels to Alang Under New Ship Recycling Plan
Maersk Line is sending its first two end-of-life vessels to Alang, India to be scrapped under a new company plan aimed at developing more responsible recycling options along Alang's infamous stretch of beach. In a statement released Friday, Maersk said that it has reached an agreement to send the Maersk Wyoming and Maersk Georgia to Alang in late May to be recycled … [Read more...]
‘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 improve their ship breaking facilities and practices in developing regions, and to not lambast those yards that are making progress. Dr Anil Sharma, President and CEO of GMS, the world’s largest cash buyer … [Read more...]