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2013 : 1119 ships for scrapping

9 Jan 2014

Container ships on the rise

By unit
1 India, 347 (31%)
2 China, 239 (21%)
3 Bangladesh, 211(19%)
4 Turkey, 136 (12%)
5 Pakistan, 104 (9%)
6 Denmark, 19 (2%)
By tonnage of metal recycled
1 India 2.9 millions de t (31%)
2 Bangladesh 2.3 millions de t (24%)
3 China, 1.9 million de t (20%)
4 Pakistan 1.4 million de t (15%)
5 Turkey 514,000 t (5%)
6 Denmark 33,000 t (0.4%)
By category

1 bulker : 387 (35%)
2 general cargo : 245 (22%)
3 container ship : 180 (16%)
4 tanker : 164 (15%)
5 Ro Ro : 39 (3%)

With 1119 ships broken up this year, 2013 confirms the good health of the ship-breaking industry. The rhythm appeared to have noticeably slowed down compared to an outstanding year 2012 – decrease of 16% in number of ships demolished and 20% in tonnage of metal recycled – but 2013 is still by far the 2nd best year for the industry since 2006, start-up of the Ship-breaking bulletin (293 ships). The total tonnage of metal recycled in 2013 exceeds 9 millions. The volume of waste produced by the demolition of ships amounts to around 500.000 t.

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