“Vessel isolation” has been introduced at Alang shipbreaking yard, where seafarers having COVID-19 symptoms would be allowed to quarantine themselves aboard the ship, instead of disembarkation.
4 COVID Cases In Alang Shipbreaking Yard; Indian Captain And 2 Filipino Seafarers Among Those Infected
Two Indians, including a ship Captain and two Filipinos, were amongst the first 4 COVID cases that came to light at Alang shipbreaking yard, India.
73 Out Of 122 Ships Broken On Beaches Of South Asia
There were a total of 122 ships broken in the third quarter of 2019. Of these, 73 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking.
Europe’s Toxic Ships: How Poor Recycling Practices Are Poisoning Asian Beaches
In 2012 more than 1300 ocean-going ships were sold for breaking. Only a minority of these end-of-life vessels were handled in a safe, sustainable manner. About two thirds of the ships were simply run ashore on tidal beaches in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. A look at how ship recycling can become cleaner and safer.
The Role Of A Cash Buyer in Ship Recycling
Companies within the ship recycling industry are known as cash buyers when they purchase a vessel with 100% cash. In turn, the cash buyer sells the vessel to a recycler in any one of the ship recycling countries.
Legal Issues And Arrest Of Scrap Ships Can Sour Deals For Indian Cash Buyers
Shashank Agrawal, vice-president legal of Wirana Shipping Corp, Singapore, looks at the problems facing cash buyers and ship recyclers and suggest ways of overcoming them with strong leadership and support from the new Indian government.
Shipbreaking Platform: Indian Authority Shuts NGOs Out From Alang Yards
NGO Shipbreaking Platform expresses dismay over the continued failure of GMB to be transparent and to grant civil society access to see the working and environmental conditions at the shipbreaking yards in Alang.
NGO Shipbreaking Platform: Shipping Company Illegally Exports Toxic Waste To South Asia
The German competent authorities were alerted about the imminent illegal export of the ships from the port of Hamburg and prompted to take action to stop the vessels from departing.
GMS: 2016 “A Year of Progress and Promise” For Ship Recycling
The dramatic improvements witnessed at the recycling yards of Alang are an unnoticed “diamond in the rough” for 2016.