by Bulent Usta (Reuters) - Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry, the head of a ship recyclers’ group said on Friday. Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of COVID-19 as the pandemic spread globally early … [Read more...]
Cruise Ship Shipbreaking Booming in Turkey
By Bulent Usta ALIAGA, Turkey, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry, the head of a ship recyclers' group said on Friday. Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of COVID-19 as the pandemic … [Read more...]
Watch: Cruise Ship MS Monarch Arrives at Turkish Breakers
In what is a sure sign of the times amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1991-built MS Monarch has arrived at a Turkish shipbreaking yard for dismantling. With cruises around the world suspended due to the pandemic, the former Royal Caribbean ship was sold for scrap along with the MS Sovereign and MS Horizon. All three were part of the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises, a Royal … [Read more...]
Widow of Bangladeshi Shipbreaker Free to Sue UK Company, Court Rules
By Naimul Karim DHAKA, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died while dismantling an oil tanker at a ship-breaking yard in 2018 can file a negligence claim against a British company involved in the vessel's sale, London's High Court ruled this week. Khalil Mollah, 32, fell to his death while working on a tanker called the EKTA in the port … [Read more...]
Scrapyards Set for New Wave of Containership Demolition as Idle Fleet Grows
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) - Demolition markets in the Indian subcontinent have now largely reopened and are preparing for a new wave of containerships for scrapping. According to London-based shipbroker Braemar ACM, just 14 have been demolished so far this year, compared with 58 ships by the same time in 2019. However, due to the pandemic, there have been reports of … [Read more...]