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...]
Evergreen Line Defends Shipbreaking Practices
Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com Editor's note: Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen has responded to our report on the NGO Shipbreaking Platform's recently published list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2019, which called out Evergreen specifically over its shipbreaking practices. Evergreen Line's response is published in full below. Evergreen Line once … [Read more...]
Shipping Industry Continues to Favor South Asia Beaches for Shipbreaking
File Photo: Katiekk / Shutterstock A total of 674 ocean-going ships and offshore vessels were dismantled worldwide in 2019, with the vast majority broken down on the beaches of Bangladesh, Indian, and Pakistan, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform said in its yearly report. According to new data released by the group, among the 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units … [Read more...]