Freezing. Will they hold out?
Long periods of climatic cooling were dismissed by EDF (Electricity of France) and other managers of nuclear installations of Complimentary Evaluations of Safety post-Fukushima.
2011 “Shipbreaking” collection
1020 ships for scrap in 2011, a new record
| Unit | Tonnage of scrap metal | Category |
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1 India 458 (45%) 2 Bangladesh 145 (14%) 3 China, 142 (14%) 4 Pakistan, 108 (11%), 5 Turkey, 72 (7%), 6 United States, 19 (2%) |
1 India 3,5 million t (43%) 2 Bangladesh 1,6 million t (19%) 3 China, 1,4 million t (17%) 4 Pakistan 1 million t (13%) 5 Turkey 206.000 t (3%) 6 United States 131.000 (1%) |
1 bulk carrier: 334 (33%) 2 general cargo: 234 (23%) 3 tankers : 209 (20%) 4 reefers : 50 (5%) 5 container ship : 48 (5%) |
For the third consecutive year, cleaning continues in the shipping world as over one thousand ships are disposed of. With 1020 units going for scrap, 2011 beats the 2009 record (1,006 ships). The demolition market grew by 7% compared to the previous year in terms of the number of ships and by 27% by volume of recycled metal. The size of the scrapped vessels is significantly greater with 268 ships over 200m against 168 in 2010. 24 vessels over 300m in length were sent for scrap among which two thirds of tankers and particularly double hulled VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers) some as young as 13 to 16 years of age.
