Shipbreaking
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Tankers
Shadow fleet faces tricky path to the breaker’s torch
With the numbers of the so-called shadow tanker fleet peaking 10 months ago, there’s now evidence that many of the…
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Greener ship recycling options emerge
Greener ship recycling options are emerging in South Asia. The European Union is close to adding more yards in Alang,…
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Contributions
Cyprus calls for EU ship recycling regulation capacity upgrade
With increasingly strict environmental regulations coming into play, shipping’s ageing fleet will see the premature recycling of many vessels –…
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Shipyards
Alang seeks to become car junkyard
The most famous ship recycling area in the world could be about to come a car junkyard too. Alang on…
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Shipyards
Germans team up in bid to create European recycling ‘powerhouse’
Two German companies are to work together in a bid to become the “powerhouse” of European green ship recycling. Cuxhaven-headquartered…
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Europe
Dutch debut clean, automated ship recycling solution
Circular Maritime Technologies International (CMT) from the Netherlands has debuted a brand new way of breaking up ships, where humans…
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Shipyards
Scrap prices slide
Shipowners have been told to hold off concluding any recycling deals as demo prices collapse in the sub-continent. Steel plate…
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Contributions
Green recycling isn’t enough
Carl Martin Faannessen, CEO of Manila-based crewing specialist Noatun Maritime, on just how far behind shipping’s thinking is when it…
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Shipyards
More countries urged to enter green recycling sector
With shipping set to go through a once-in-a-lifetime energy transition and the likely volumes of outdated vessels heading for the…
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Regulatory
EU ship recycling rules need ‘major surgery’, not a ‘band-aid’
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation needs “major surgery”, but the current proposals offer little more than a sticking plaster, Gudrun…
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Shipyards
Demo prices soar
Amid strong demand and limited supply demo prices are soaring to near record prices in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Prices of…
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Shipyards
Scottish drydock primed for ship recycling transformation
One of the largest drydocks in the UK will be transformed into a ship recycling facility. ATLAS Decomissioning has taken…
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Contributions
Confusion surrounds sustainable ship recycling options
Amit Malhotra, a senior trader at GMS Japan, on the risks posed by competing ship scrapping regulations. Environmental issues are…
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Shipyards
Demo rates hit the $600 mark
Demo rates are crossing the $600 per ldt mark, setting highs not seen since 2008, the end of shipping’s last…
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Tankers
Sanctions-busting tankers set for the scrapheap
Vintage ships moving sanctioned oil cargoes could head to be broken up as the Biden administration in the US looks…
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Contributions
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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Shipyards
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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Shipyards
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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Shipyards
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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Shipyards
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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