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
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
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
By Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — For decades, the dangerous and polluting ship-breaking yards that stretch for six miles along the beaches of
By Krishna N. Das and Keith Wallis ALANG, India/SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) – In the world’s biggest ship recycling centre of Alang on
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
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.
A delegation of industry and government stakeholders from Japan has expressed some support of certain ship recycling yards in Alang, India after seeing
Global Marketing Systems, Inc (GMS), the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, has challenged the European Commission’s intention to
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
By K. Denise Rucker Krepp The Maritime Administration hosted a symposium recently in preparation for drafting a new national maritime strategy. Like the
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
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
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
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