2013 : 1119 ships for scrapping
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%) |
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.