SHIP DEMOLITION

Deutsche Marine has just sent to Aliaga for demolition, 7 missile patrol boats commissioned between 1982 and 1984 and decommissioned in 2015 and 2016. The Puma, Hermelin, Zobel, Frettchen, Ozelot, Wiesel and Hyaene (58 metres long, 350 tonnes) were loaded on August 11 in Kiel onto the Happy Sky, a Dutch flag vessel specialising in the transport of heavy goods, and unloaded on September 1 in the cargo port of Aliaga. They are now being towed to the demolition yards.

Only in French.

The demolition of merchant vessels is almost at a standstill, which does not avoid death in the shipbreaking yards.

Only in French.

“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)

“Shipbreaking” #71
(pdf 97 pages – 16.2 MB)
October 1, 2023 –  April 30, 2024
120 sources – 264 photos

Voyage between Worse and Better
“Shipbreaking” # 70
(pdf 92 pages – 16.2 Mo)
1 April – 30 September 2023
91 sources – 270 photos

The Fremantle Highway caught fire around midnight on July 25, 2023 in the North Sea. She had departed Bremerhaven, Germany and was bound for Singapore. She was carrying 3783 cars, including BMWs, Mercedes and Rolls-Royces. When the fire broke out, the Fremantle Highway was in the midst of heavy maritime traffic and close to the Wadden Islands, famous for their exceptional biodiversity. The evacuation of the 23 crew members, including 21 Indians, turned out very badly (1 fatality and 7 injured). The Fremantle Highway was towed to the port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands, and docked 9 days after the blaze started. The fire has been declared extinguished, but the Fremantle Highway was carrying 498 electric cars, and cobalt and lithium battery fires can be prone to unexpected resumption.

Only in French.

“Shipbreaking”, the 69th, 68 pages
 English version (pdf – 12.3 Mo)
Review January-February-March 2023