Shipbreaking
- Regulatory
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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Two dead, three injured at Bangladeshi breaking yard
Two workers were killed and three others injured after a cable attached to a ship collapsed on them at a…
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Demo prices on the slide
Demo rates are on the slide, having dropped by more than $100 per ldt over the last six weeks to…
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Bunge signs up to the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
Bunge, a giant agribusiness shipper, has become the first in its industry to join the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI),…
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Asian owners urge China and India to ratify Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling
The Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) has called on China and India to hurry up and ratify the Hong Kong Convention…
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Nine-year-old boxship sent for demo in Bangladesh
A very young boxship has been sent for scrap. The , a Chinese-built, nine-year-old boxship, has arrived at Chittagong’s anchorage,…
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Tsuneishi’s Philippine ship recycling ambitions thwarted
Japanese shipyard giant Tsuneishi’s long-held plans to develop a ship recycling site in the Philippines have been put on hold,…
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Ships ought to be designed with dismantling in mind
Panagiotis Galanis, aged 14, is a grade nine student at the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation. He writes exclusively for Splash on…
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