Building vessels to haul large loads of freight across the world’s oceans for years requires extensive time, materials, labor and energy.
Once these vessels are retired, what happens to them?
Two of the worst ship recycling practices are using manual labor instead of automation and releasing parts of ships into the tidal zone, according to Andrew Stephens, Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) executive director.
Confronting those types of issues is the goal of the Ship Recycling Transparency...
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