Tag: ship- recycling

In cooperation with Leviathan GmbH, German Naval Yards welcomes the first ship that is to be recycled 100% sustainably for the first time. Parts of the ship will be transformed into works of art.

Bangladesh’s Kabir Group has rejected claims made by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform regarding an increase in accidents at its breaking yards.

Since the beginning of 2022, out of the eighteen accidents that shook the Bangladeshi shipbreaking industry, six have taken place at yards owned by Kabir Steel Re-Rolling Mills (KSRM), says NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

During the 2022 GREEN4SEA Forum, Henning Gramann, CEO, Green Ship Recycling Services, talked about sustainable ship recycling, providing an overview of the strategies for identification, selection and control of recycling yards.

During the latest GREEN4SEA Virtual Forum, Dr. Konstantinos Galanis, Chairman of the International Ship Recycling Association, discussed about the European Union Taxonomy and its relationship to the ship recycling, highlighting the fact that the economic activity needs to meet and qualify as an environmentally sustainable solution.

NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about an incident where a worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit Cidade de Sao Vicente. 

As European owners try to find EU compliant ship recycling facilities, International Shipbreaking Ltd (ISL) in the US has completed processing its vessel from the region.

NGO Shipbreaking Platform published its South Asia Quarterly Update regarding the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

The Asian Shipowners Association (ASA) conducted its 25th Interim Meeting of the ASA Ship Recycling Committee, committing to ensure full compliance with all applicable competition laws throughout the entire programme.

An Appeal Court in the Norwegian city of Bergen, has confirmed the prison sentence for Norwegian ship owner, for aiding and abetting the attempt to export the ship Tide Carrier, aka Eide Carrier and Harrier, to Pakistan for scrapping.