“Shipbreaking #42”, from October 1 to December 31, 2015
Quarterly bulletin of information and analysis on ship demolition # 42
from October 1 to December 31, 2015 pdf 63 pages. 11 Mo
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Overview and analysis on 10 years of “Shipbreaking” bulletin
and 16 outstanding ex-ships
Shipbreaking, 2015 record
2015, the year of Bangladesh, bulkers go for slaughter, the industry for purgatory
Tons and $
766 ships demolished in 2015, i.e. a 21% drop compared to 2014. The scrap tonnage was 7 million tons, it was 8 million tons in 2014. This has been the weakest year since 2010 for the demolition business. Turbulence in the Top 5: decline in Pakistan and Turkey, drop in India, collapse in China and boom in Bangladesh. With a 47% increase, it is taking the lead after 6 years of Indian reign. 2015 is the year of Bangladesh. The Top 5 absorbed 95% of the demolished ships.
“Shipbreaking #41”, July 1 to September 30, 2015, radioactive offshore platforms are landing
Quarterly bulletin of information and analysis on ship demolition
# 41, from July 1 to September 30, 2015 pdf 60 pages. 7 Mo
– Radioactivity in India, in Bangladesh and in Turkey
– Ship demolition : the plunge
– The dismantling of the floating nuclear power plant Sturgis underway in Texas (p 8)
– The CIA spy boat Hughes GlomarExplorer is awaiting demolition (p 18)
– The detailed and highlighted world panorama on the demolition of naval vessel and merchant cargo ships
A Belgian LNG carrier stranded in Marseille
Not far away from the Corse, on a deserted wharf, another ship is waiting for demolition. Methania was said to be already living in borrowed times in 2007, was struck by a lightning in Zeebrugge in 2008, on technical stops or in lay-up at Brest in 2013 and in 2014, and has been berthed at Marseille since mid-December 2014. Works to be carried out at Marseille repair yard were postponed. They were supposed to last for 2 months. Methania’s obsolete equipment, the availability of larger and more fuel-efficient units manned by less crews deprive her of long term or short term chartering.
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
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