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), a…
A worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit CIDADE DE SAO VICENTE (IMO 7380693) at an Indian beaching yard on 21 April.…
The 25th Interim Meeting of the ASA Ship Recycling Committee, presided over by Mr. Ron Huang, Chairman of the ASA SRC, was held via e-mail from 21 to 28 March…
The BDI@2,076, Dirties up at 1,147 whilst Ukrainian chaos begins to shake Planet Ocean …and with Covid still around… The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down 111 points since yesterday…
Ship recycling workers’ protest shakes Aliağa In the last six days, almost the totality of the ship recycling workforce at İzmir Aliağa district, Turkey, has been striking for better employment conditions. Around…
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #28 In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of accidents…
Demolition Full Year Review Using VesselsValue data, Joey Daly, Cargo Analyst, has analysed the changes and trends across the Shipping markets in 2021, which resulted in a diverse demolition market.…
2022 market outlook from leading shipbroker Simpson Spence Young After a volatile 2021, leading shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) looks at the next 12 months and highlights areas of particular…
NOVA MET, a specialist in aluminium collection and recycling, opens for business in Le Havre NOVA MET, the fruit of an alliance between two actors in the metals recycling industry,…
NGOs join local residents and First Nations in fight against toxic shipbreaking in British Columbia Eighteen months have passed since local residents and K’ómoks First Nation (KFN) first raised concerns regarding scrapping…
The BDI@2,027: Midweek Market Blues; worrying geopolitics amid Covid’s uncertainty The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 124 points since yesterday and now reads 2,027 – a whisker away from going…
Hot Port News from GAC Traffic suspended 10 Jan 2022, Bosphorus, TurkeyVessel traffic in both directions in the Bosphorus Strait was suspended at 16.45 hours local time today (10 January)…
Demolition Report, June – October 2021 Using VesselsValue data, Joey Daly, Cargo Analyst, has analysed the trends and changes across the Demolition market in the latter half of 2021. This…
IHM Maintenance Implementation for Designated Persons– NEW!! – Live Virtual Classroom DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on30 November 2021 (10:00 – 17:00), a course on IHM Maintenance Implementation for Designated Persons. Part I…
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #27 In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of accidents…
Record-breaking number of fatalities on the beach of Chattogram At least seven workers lost their lives while scrapping vessels on the beach of Chattogram in what is the worst quarter…
HazMat Lite course – Live Virtual Classroom DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 23 and 24 September 2021, a 2-day HazMat Lite course. Attached please find the course description. Course: HazMat Lite course Venue, date: Live Virtual…
Best Practice in Ship Recycling – NEW!! – Live Virtual Classroom DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 7 and 8 September 2021 (10:00 – 14:00), a course on Ship Recycling. Acting responsibly from a…
NGOs urge Greece and Bangladesh to stop illegal beaching of ferry Yet another passenger ship is heading towards the shipbreaking beaches of South Asia, in clear violation of European rules…
IHM Maintenance Implementation for Designated Persons– NEW!! – Live Virtual Classroom DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on21 and 22 September 2021 (90:00 – 12:30), a course on IHM Maintenance Implementation for Designated Persons.…
VesselsValue Half Year Review: Demolition Using VesselsValue data, our team of experts have analysed the trends and changes across the Demolition market, looking at the increasing scrapping numbers seen so…
BIMCO’s Shipping Number of the Week: Only 3 VLCCs sold for demolition in 2021 as secondhand prices tempt During the first seven months of 2021, only three actively trading Very Large…
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #26 In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of…
International shipbroker Simpson Spence Young shares mid-year outlook After more volatility in the first half of 2021, leading shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) analyses the last six months and highlights…
VesselsValue – Half year review: S&P and values Half Year Review: S&P and Values2021 to date has been one of the best years in recent memory for sale and purchase,…