“Shipbreaking” #72
the Bulletin of information and analysis on end-of-life ships
April-May-June-July-August-September 2024
97 pages – 128 sources (16.8 Mo)
Ocean Adventurer © Ersan Basar
– Alert. The sister ship of the Lyubov Orlova ghost ship is in Caen, Normandy, under the name Ocean Adventurer. She is for sale. Do you want her? p. 92
– The disastrous fate of the liners America and United States, well known in Le Havre and Cherbourg during the great ocean liner years and the migration to America. p. 89-90
– The Red Sea turns black because of the war. Humpback whales don’t sing anymore. p. 4 to 9
– The shipbreaking market stalled, it is unable to get going again. Compared to the 3 first quarters of 2023 which already was a year of misery for the shipbreaking yards, 2024 is behind by -27% in tonnage. After the great clearance sale of the global fleet in the 2010s, cargo ships are much requested, for regular traffics as well as for troubled ones. The average age of ships listed in this issue # 72 of “Shipbreaking” is on the rise: 34 years. Shipowners make use of high-capacity carriers till the end and beyond. Tankers continue operation at all costs. Only 15 of them arrived in the shipbreaking yards. However, they grasp first place in tonnage (24%) thanks to the end of life of two floating storage units aged 50 representing 42% of tonnage in the tanker category. p. 16
– The French oil company Perenco continues to send its old units to the Indian subcontinent to make the most profit. This is the case of Fernan Vaz, that went to die in Bangladesh at SN Corporation yard, where a fatal accident occurred in September. p. 3, 16 and 78
– Manoeuvres in the dark or how tankers heading for scrapping or ready for scrapping load, transport oil under sanctions and pollute. p. 14-15
– Denmark’s EU-approved MARS shipyard takes its place in the big league. p. 19, 73, 78 and 79
And all the other information you need to understand the current world of shipping and the end-of-life of ships https://robindesbois.org/wp-content/uploads/shipbreaking72.pdf
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