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A worker at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh has died in accident while working to dismantle German containership Viktoria Wulff, the NGO Shipbreaking

(BIMCO) – Containership demolition reach all time high and provides a positive surprise for the struggling container shipping industry. BIMCO have

By Gul Yusufzai QUETTA, Pakistan, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Pakistani firefighters were battling on Wednesday to douse a fire still raging more than a day after

By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (Reuters) – At least 12 Pakistani workers were killed and more than 50 injured on Tuesday after a huge blast ripped

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Monday it was striving to improve workers’

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

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

COPENHAGEN, July 18 (Reuters) – A record number of around 150 container vessels are expected to be scrapped in 2016 but it will not be enough for an

A new report by the European Commission recommends the introduction of a ship recycling license for all ships calling at EU ports as a form of financial

A recent surge of fatal accidents at shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh has labor and human rights groups calling for measures to enhance safety for workers and

European shipowners are speaking up in support of responsible ship recycling in Alang, India and the decision by several large shipowners to begin testing

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

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

By Mike Wackett, (The Loadstar) – Laid-up containership capacity “remains at an alarmingly high level”, according to the latest review by Alphaliner

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

By Sabina Zawadzki and Robert-Jan Bartunek COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Maersk Line said on Friday it had chosen four shipbreaking yards along

A new report by NGO Shipbreaking Platform reveals that more than 60% of 768 ships sold for scrap last year were broken on the beaches of India, Pakistan

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

  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

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