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Friday, May 13, 2016
Maersk Sending First Two Vessels to Alang Under New Ship Recycling Plan
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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

May 13, 2016
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Idle Containership Fleet Still Growing as 2016 Shapes Up to Be a Record Year for Scrapping
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Idle Containership Fleet Still Growing as 2016 Shapes Up to Be a Record Year for Scrapping

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

April 13, 2016
Total Views: 95

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

Friday, February 12, 2016
Maersk Moves to Scrap Ships at Alang Shibreakers, Angering NGO
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Maersk Moves to Scrap Ships at Alang Shibreakers, Angering NGO

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

February 12, 2016
Total Views: 438

Friday, February 5, 2016
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South Asian Scrapyards Need To Improve Shipbreaking Practices, NGO Says

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

February 5, 2016
Total Views: 26

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: 142

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: 155

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
GMS Backs Danish Stance on Ship Beaching
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GMS Backs Danish Stance on Ship Beaching

  GMS, the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, has come out in support of the Danish Ship Association (DSA) which refuses to ban the

August 25, 2015
Total Views: 16

Friday, July 31, 2015
Under New Pressure, Cleaning Up Alang’s Graveyards of Steel
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Under New Pressure, Cleaning Up Alang’s Graveyards of Steel

  By Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — For decades, the dangerous and polluting ship-breaking yards that stretch for six miles along the beaches of

July 31, 2015
Total Views: 173

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

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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South Asian Beaches the Target of New EU Ship Recycling Rules

European, Turkish and Chinese recyclers are set to benefit from strict new EU rules on breaking up old ships, but the practice of dismantling them on beaches

March 24, 2015
Total Views: 58

Friday, March 13, 2015
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Shipbreakers Prepare for Record Year

Owners may demolish 40 million deadweight tons of dry bulk carriers, more than double last year’s total, according to Arctic Securities ASA in Oslo.

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 33

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

Monday, June 30, 2014
Major Blast at Alang Shipbreaking Yard Kills Five
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Major Blast at Alang Shipbreaking Yard Kills Five

A major explosion at an Alang shipbreaking yard in India has killed five people and injured at least 10. According to local media reports, the blast occurred

June 30, 2014
Total Views: 186

Monday, May 12, 2014
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In the Support of U.S. Shipbreaking and Human Rights

By K. Denise Rucker Krepp The Maritime Administration hosted a symposium recently in preparation for drafting a new national maritime strategy.  Like the

May 12, 2014
Total Views: 36

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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Alang Shipbreaking Yards from Space

The following image shows the shipbreaking yards at Alang, an industrial complex north of Mumbai in the Gulf of Khambhat. Photo taken from space via Digital

April 15, 2014
Total Views: 271

Monday, January 27, 2014
Turkey Aliaga Ship demolishing yard
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Pride of Calais Ferry Hits Turkish Beach at Full Speed

On 13 November 2013, the 26k gross ton ferry Ostend Spirit (previously Pride of Calais) went out with a prolonged blast of the ship’s whistle as she

January 27, 2014
Total Views: 583

Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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Tanker Rates Rallying as Owners Demolish Most in Decade

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — The cost of hauling crude on the largest tankers is poised to rise to a four-year high as the biggest demolition program in a decade

October 8, 2013
Total Views: 18
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