Shipbreaking
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Green as standard
Jon Chaplin from Lucion Marine on the realities of sustainably recycling a ship. An email from Lucion HR arrived last…
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Lockdowns in South Asia ease demo rates
Snap Covid lockdowns this week and the impending Ramadan mean owners might have missed the boat to pick up the…
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Demo rates smash through $500 milestone
Demo rates have shot up in recent days, surpassing $500 per ldt and seeing many owners have a change of…
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Texas home to America’s first EU-compliant shipbreaking facility
America has a yard capable of scrapping ships to European Union standards. International Shipbreaking, part of the EMR Metal Recycling…
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Ship demo rates close in on the $500 mark for the first time since 2014
Ship demo rates are roaring ahead with the $500 per ldt mark on course to be broached for the first…
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Bangladeshi widow wins landmark shipbreaking ruling
In a landmark decision that could shake up the ship recycling trades irrevocably, a judge in London has ruled that…
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9,600 teu Maersk ship sets demo record
Maersk ships continue to set container demo records. While the 7,403 teu Kokura and Kawasaki, originally Katrine Maersk and Kirsten…
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Shipowning organisations seek delay to impending European hazardous material regulation
Some of the world’s largest shipowning organisations have written to Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for the environment, oceans and…
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Alang coronavirus scare sparks concern of another demo closure
Shipbreaking, which had only recently gradually emerged from lockdown, risks being put back on hold as news emerges of four…
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Kokura, the ship that helped transform containerisation, heads to Bangladesh demo yard
Costamare has announced the sale of the largest container vessel ever scrapped. Brokers Braemar ACM report that the 1997-built 7,403…
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Demolition market gradually reopening
The shipbreaking sector is gradually reopening for business in South Asia providing owners with an alternative outlet for the growing…
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UK court freezes assets of top Dubai demo executive
A court in the UK has frozen £62m ($76.37m) in assets belonging to a well-known name in Dubai ship recycling…
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Bangladesh follows India and Pakistan in suspending all shipbreaking
Bangladesh has followed Pakistan and India’s lead in issuing a two-week moratorium on all ships heading to the south Asian…
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India and Pakistan bar ships for demo
Shipping companies looking at sending their ships for demo in south Asia are likely to face severe disruption thanks to…
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World’s largest shipbreaking destination throws a coronavirus curveball
Vessels bound for demolition at the world’s largest shipbreaking destination, Alang, are set for a coronavirus curveball. Shipbroker Clarkson Platou…
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IMO 2020 and demolition volumes
Is there a discernible scrapping trend brought about by the eight-week-old global sulphur cap? Jason Jiang investigates. The new IMO…
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Stellar Daisy’s sister ships sent for demo
Two months ahead of the third anniversary since the sinking of the Stellar Daisy with the loss of 22 lives,…
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Kenneth Koo wins landmark cape demolition case
Ships sent for scrap cannot then resurface trading again, a landmark court case has ruled. The Kenneth Koo-led Tai Chong…
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India signs up to Hong Kong ship recycling convention
New Delhi on Wednesday approved India’s accession to the Hong Kong Convention for ship recycling, becoming the first of the…
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Action plan presented in Bangladesh to improve shipping’s most dangerous profession
With the death toll at Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards showing no sign of abating, a local trade union has presented the…
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