Ship-breaking # 38

5 Feb 2015

Breaking at sea :

  • the Forsaken ones
  • the Sunken ones
  • from cattle traffic to Human trafficking
  • India : 200 ship scrapping workers on an asbestos-contaminated aircraft carrier

 

The end of :

  • the Taiko, engaged in the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons
  • the Jolly Nero, the killer of Genoa
  • the Horizon Discovery, the oldest container ship in the world
  • the Lakers saga

 

Overview 2014 :

969 ships broken up, 96% in Asia, 28% European-owned

7 million tons of metal recycled, 400,000 tons of waste.

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