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Ship recycling
Every Vessel Hunter story on Ship recycling: 16 stories, from 14 July 2026 to 8 October 2026. Newest: "MSC Baltic III wreck removal in Newfoundland passes 55% of the hull". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
MSC Baltic III wreck removal in Newfoundland passes 55% of the hull
Salvors have removed about 6,086 tonnes of the stranded containership MSC Baltic III in Newfoundland, close to 55% of the hull, with the stern still to be pulled ashore.
Member States Push Back on Adding Two Indian Yards to the EU List
The European Commission's proposal to add two Alang ship recycling yards to the European List is meeting resistance from member states including the Netherlands, with talks due this month.
Maritime Briefing of 23 September 2026
Transpetrol enters the LR1 segment, Taiwan gets a home-based cable layer, LS Marine books a record cable contract, and the European List of recycling yards becomes a fight.
Industry and unions split over Indian yards on EU recycling list
Steel producers, unions and NGOs have asked the European Commission not to admit two Alang yards to the European List, while shipping bodies are lobbying ministers to approve them.
Maritime Briefing of 9 September 2026
The day in shipping: the Consultative Shipping Group warns of a two-tier system, Espino de Marotta takes over a dry Panama Canal, and Hapag-Lloyd gets 30 days to rework its Zim bid.
BULL Adds the Lady of Doria as Its Fourth MR Tanker in Four Months
Buana Lintas Lautan has bought the 20-year-old, 46,000 dwt MR2 Lady of Doria, its fourth MR purchase in as many months and the exit from shipping of Bangladesh's Doria Shipping.
Maritime Briefing, 7 September 2026: Hormuz, Congestion, Yard Money
Two seafarers dead aboard the VLCC Sidr, Jebel Ali falling out of the top ten container ports, and US East Coast box rates breaking $10,000 per FEU for the first time since 2022.
Indian Recyclers Are Bidding Into Losses as End-of-Life Tonnage Dries Up
High-standard Indian recycling facilities are bidding aggressively for the limited tonnage available even when the economics suggest a substantial loss at current steel prices.
Six Shipping Bodies Back Two Indian Yards for the EU Recycling List
BIMCO, ECSA, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the World Shipping Council have welcomed a European Commission proposal to add two Gujarat yards to the European List of Ship Recycling Facilities.
The Container Fleet Is About to Pass 34m TEU After Adding 10m in Five Years
Global containership capacity stood 8,000 TEU short of 34m at the start of September, having taken five and a half years to add the 10m TEU that previously took more than a decade.
EU Recycling Yards Used 5% of Their Capacity While Owners Beached 345 Ships
Research covering 2019 to 2025 finds around 30 EU yards with 1.3m ldt of capacity used just five percent of it, while 66% of EU tonnage was beached in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Bangladesh Fines Shipbreaking Yard $4,000 After Nine Gas Deaths
Bangladesh has fined Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries about $4,000 for operating without valid environmental clearance, days after nine workers died in a toxic gas accident.
Sanctioned Ships Account for 58 Percent of Tanker Scrapping in 2026
Sanctioned vessels are taking an extraordinary share of the tanker recycling market this year, with 22 blacklisted tankers making up 58 percent of all reported tanker demolition sales.
Seven Killed By Toxic Gas At Bangladeshi Ship Recycling Yard
Seven workers have died following a release of toxic gas at a ship recycling yard in Bangladesh, in an accident that occurred on a Friday morning at a facility authorised under the international convention governing safe and
Indian Recyclers Gain Ground As Bangladeshi Yard Offers Soften
Ship recycling is shifting towards India as Indian steel plate prices rise and Bangladeshi yards cut their offers by ten to fifteen dollars per light displacement tonne.
Turkish groups challenge revised environmental assessment for Aliaga ship recycling
Turkish civil society groups have urged rejection of a revised environmental assessment for the Aliaga ship recycling yards, citing gaps on pollution and worker safety.
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