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Every Vessel Hunter story on Shipbreaking: 2 stories, from 27 August 2026 to 3 September 2026. Newest: "EU Recycling Yards Used 5% of Their Capacity While Owners Beached 345 Ships". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Industry
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.
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Incident
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.
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