“Shipbreaking” #40
Quarterly bulletin of information and analysis on end-of-life ships
Ship-breaking # 38
Breaking at sea :
- the Forsaken ones
- the Sunken ones
- from cattle traffic to Human trafficking
- India : 200 ship scrapping workers on an asbestos-contaminated aircraft carrier
The end of :
Ship-breaking # 37
July / August / September 2014
A wondrous World Tour
– Pakistan pulls ahead of the pack (p 9).
– 6 genetically modified ships depart for the scrapyard (p 3).
– 8 giant Russian predators leave the fleet (p 11).
– A rotten egg for the US Navy: the dismantling of the USS Saratoga delayed by a brood of Peregrine falcons (p 7).
– Radioactive waste scrapped in the United Kingdom (p 61).
– Mexican tanker towed over 22,000 km to be broken up (p 62).
Ship-breaking # 36
Quarterly bulletin of information and analysis on ship demolition
From April 1st to June 30th 2014.
A huge market. 263 ships, 2 million tons of metal, 1 billion US$.
Of the 74 vessels whose shipowner is based in the European Union or in an EFTA state (European Free Trade Association) only 5 have been dismantled in Europe. Iceland scraps ships any which way.
Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis, Tuvalu, Comoros, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Moldova, Togo are the preferred flags chosen for the last voyage.
Towing operations of ships towards ship-breaking yards are a critical phase. The Lyubov Orlova and Canada are attributed a black mark whereas the Costa Concordia deserves a gold star.
Ship-breaking # 33, a shock edition…
with Victor Hugo’s Wave and ships crippled by the tsunami,
with the risky traffic of river barges from Northern Europe to Nigeria,
with the return to the stage of the conductor with the delivery to India of the ex-aircraft carrier Clemenceau,
with China taking the ship-breakers’ lead,
with the end of two Russian vessels specialized in wood and nuclear cargoes,
with Japanese sail and diesel-powered ships leaving for demolition anonymously
and with the portraits and profiles of 271 vessels broken up from August 1st to October 31st
