Shipbreaking
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Asia
Oil smuggling caused tragic Gadani fire
The tragic Gadani fire on a beached tanker that claimed many lives on November took place due to smuggling of…
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Asia
Calls grow for Pakistan to adopt shipbreaking code in wake of last week’s deadly inferno
Calls have grown for dramatic reforms at the Gadani shipbreaking area in Pakistan following last week’s tragic blaze on a…
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Asia
Deadly Gadani fire finally extinguished
After four days firefighters have finally managed to douse the terrible tanker blaze that killed many workers at a shipbreaking…
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Asia
Dire safety conditions revealed in wake of Gadani fire as death toll feared to surpass 100
A fire, which has now killed at least 21 people, is still raging at Pakistan’s Gadani ship recycling area with…
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Asia
Gadani tanker fire death toll climbs
The death toll has climbed to 18 following yesterday’s massive explosion on a beached tanker at the Gadani ship recycling…
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Asia
At least 10 workers killed as fire rips through beached tanker at Gadani
A giant fire engulfed a beached tanker today killing at least ten workers at the Gadani shipbreaking area in Pakistan…
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Europe
The 4,923 teu YM Los Angeles sets new boxship scrapping records
Setting a new benchmark, Diana Containerships has moved to scrap a panamax boxship that was delivered less than 10 years…
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Europe
CMB turns bearish on panamax boxships, sends 12-year-old twins for scrap
Belgium’s Bocimar has turned bearish about prospects for panamax container vessels, becoming the latest owner to scrap 12-year-old boxships. The…
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Europe
10-year-old boxship sent for scrap
The becomes the youngest boxship to date this year to have been sent for scrap. Just 10-years-old, the 4,546 teu…
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Europe
Hammonia Reederei joins the rush to scrap 13-year-old boxships
Hamburg’s Hammonia Reederei has joined the rush to scrap exceptionally young boxships. Brokers tell Splash the German company sent the…
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Americas
Seaspan scraps another 13-year-old boxship
Seaspan continues to scrap barely teenage boxships. Clarksons Research details now the Canadian tonnage provider has sent the 3,700 teu…
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Containers
Panamax boxships as young as 13 being sent for scrap
Boxships as young as 13-years-old are now being scrapped, brokers tell Splash. Panamax ships are the main focus of scrapping…
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Europe
ICS and ECSA reject proposed EU ship recycling licences
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) say ship recycling licences proposed by the…
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Asia
Maersk responds to Alang jibes, takes aim at EC
Maersk Group has responded to criticism by NGOs over its changed ship recycling stance to take a swipe at the…
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Asia
Bangladesh court orders shipbreakers to explain poor safety and environmental management
The president of the Bangladesh Shipbreakers’ Association (BSBA) and 14 other government officials have been issued with a contempt rule by…
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Asia
NGO condemns violence after shots fired at Bangladeshi shipbreaking yard
Guards at a shipbreaking company in Bangladesh injured seven people, including a 16-year-old boy, when they opened fire on a…
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Dry Cargo
Bulk carrier scrapping hit an all-time high in the first quarter 2016
Bulk carrier demolitions reached an all-time high during the first quarter of 2016, both on an absolute basis and as…
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Asia
Pakistani shipbreakers form cartel as scrap prices heat up
Members of the Pakistan Shipbreakers’ Association (PSBA) have formed a cartel in order to control rising prices on tonnage bound…
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Asia
Bangladesh slammed for ‘medieval’ shipbreaking conditions
Shipbreaking companies in Bangladesh have been slammed for the dire local working conditions, which continues to see many workplace deaths…
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Asia
Shipbreaking NGOs blast ‘hypocritical’ Maersk
Campaigners NGO Shipbreaking Platform and Transport and Environment (T&E) have criticised the Maersk Group’s plans to demolish its old vessels…
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