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.
« Shipbreaking » # 26
Farewell to Melquiades-Ville de Nantes, to the ex-Saint Clair, to the radioactive Pacific Sandpiper , and to 171 other vessels sent for demolition in November and December 2011. Latest photos of SeaFrance Cezanne being demolished on the beach at Alang.
“Shipbreaking” # 25
Discover the awful story of Canadian Miner. A ship sent to Turkey for demolition Turkey and then ran aground off Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. Plus, the Iraqi Al-Zahraa, Saddam Hussein’s tank carrier locked down for 21 years at Bremerhaven, was sent Lithuania for demolition. Learn about Monte Stello, a Corsican car ferry, pronounced defunct after running a shore in Sardinia on January 1, 1994. It then resurrected in Norway, resold in New Zealand and destroyed in China. Read about Zoé, a Greek cruise ship, that never sailed and was sent for demolition in Turkey. Count the old petroleum tankers who head to Pakistan’s beaches, escort by the perpetual movement of boats that head to destinations far away. Follow Probo Koala step by step.
“Shipbreaking” #24
49 pages of information on the demolition of ships around the world.
Some excerpts:
– 65 years following the nuclear weapons tests the wrecks from the Bikini Atoll are to be broken up.
– An exclusive report on the incredible end of the Probo family including the Probo Koala responsible for the tragedy in Abidjan precisely 5 years ago.
– The killer asbestos in the top 4 demolition countries.
– The demolition market trends from May to July 2011.
– Are French ship owners taking responsibilities? The scrapping of the Renoir and the Cezanne in Dunkirk and the Tellier in Le Havre.
“Shipbreaking” # 22
The 22nd Ship-breaking.com bulletin of information and analysis on the demolition of ships is available.
Among the key elements: the global statement 2010 of vessels sent to demolition and their destinations, the Italian LPG carrier Azzurra laid up in Peru, piracy and demolition in Somalia, the departure for scrapping of the ferry Senlac built by the Arsenal of Brest, the “scuttling” of the French ship demolition industry by a French parliamentary report, the situation in Bangladesh and the hilarious story of a whaler in the Antarctic launched in 1939 and withdrawn from the seas late 2010.
