Ship-scrapping yards profit from selling recycled steel from broken-up vessels to local markets, where the metal is then used in construction and machine parts. Prices of second-hand steel vary ...

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Many of these ships are far older than the regular ... very large crude carrier to have been earmarked for scrapping, was at a cleaning yard in Indonesia last week, people familiar with the ...

Japan has shown restraint in recent years with various governmentsponsored initiatives to reduce the number of ships being built in each yard, although very few yards have actually closed for ...

We take you inside the yard turning these floating hotels into this. Before the pandemic, the Aliaga ship-breaking yards were pretty quiet. Normally, the 22 yards only demolished a few dozen cargo ...

Global Ship Breaking Market is valued at approximately USD 3.98 billion in 2023 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 8.2% over the forecast period 2024-2032. Read the ...

As RFA Diligence prepares for its final journey to the scrap-yard, it's essential to reflect not just on the material aspects of the ship but on the human element. The crews who served aboard ...

Kennedy (CV-67) was laid at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard. The vessel was launched ... but also more dangerous than ...

At a sea dock in western Turkey, five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal after the COVID ... Before the pandemic, Turkey’s ship-breaking yards typically handled cargo ...

conditions in many South Asian scrap yards are still abysmal, and have shown little sign of improving. The men whose job it is to dismantle these end-of-life ships once they have run ashore on the ...