After a 5-year adventure, former WIND SOLUTION (1969/former PRINSESSAN CHRISTINA, SAFE CHRISTINA, STENA NORDICA, EUROPAFARJAN I, LION PRINCE, STENA PRINCE, COMMODORE, PALAU) eventually beached in Alang (India) for dismantling. The ship was purchased from a Greek ferry operator in January 2018 and...
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A worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit CIDADE DE SAO VICENTE (IMO 7380693) at an Indian beaching yard on 21 April. According to local sources, a nitrogen tank removed from the vessel violently exploded and killed the worker on the spot.
BW Offshore sold the FPSO to Priya Blue Industries shipbreaking yard in Alang, India, in February at a price of USD 12.8 million cash after a cold-lay-up in Oman and unsuccessful attempts to...
Europe’s biggest shipowner body is throwing its weight behind a controversial proposed amendment to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation that would effectively make it possible to recycle EU-flagged ships at non-OECD shipbreaking facilities in South Asia.
This is presently prohibited under the Basel Convention on transboundary shipments of hazardous waste, which has been transposed into European law as the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EUSRR) that requires EU-flagged ships to be recycled at yards...
Almost 14 cruise vessels, during a phase in history were highly popular for revelers and outlandish decor, landed on Gujarat’s Alang yard last year waiting to get dismantled. Owing to the pandemic, their arrivals are equal to the total cruise ships, which have reached Alang from 2011 to 2020.
Rakesh Mishra, the Port Officer at Alang, said in a news report that every year, one to two passenger cruise ships are typically observed to be beached at Alang’s yard. During the last year, cruise ships...
Ship recycling activities at Alang in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar...
https://mfame.guru/recycling-halts-at-alang-due-to-shortage-of-oxygen/
As India reels under the effect of COVID-19 second wave, oxygen supply has become a primary issue. And the ship recycling industry is at the receiving end of it.
The world’s largest ship recycling yard, Alang is at the brink of shutting down as it faces a shortage in oxygen supply over COVID issues. This is because of the government cap on oxygen supply for industrial use and ship recycling yards like Alang are staring at a shutdown
According to a statement issued by the Lead Coordinator,...
It is widely criticized that recycling facilities do not have adequate procedures and infrastructure to collect and dispose of the hazardous waste recovered from the ships during the recycling process. However, it is critical to know and understand the infrastructure available at Alang, reads a press release by GMS Leadership.
Ship recyclingGujarat Maritime Board (GMB) is the regional regulatory body supervising recycling activities in Alang, India. GMB constructed the landfill site and assigned...
https://mfame.guru/understanding-the-infrastructure-of-ship-recycling-facility/
Even with the pandemic raging over a year, the ship recycling industry isn’t getting any rest. On the contrary, there’s an increase in the number of ships heading for scrap yards like Alang in Gujarat, India.
Alang had an unprecedented time teaching ship last year, having scrapped a staggering 187 vessels. However, the ship recycling yard doesn’t have that much infrastructure to tackle such an exodus of ships sent for recycling. Of the 120 working plots of the shipyard, only 90 have green...
Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) highlights safety as key to doubling ship recycling capacity in Alang
Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, underlines high safety standards as key to doubling India’s ship recycling capacity by 2024, an ambitious target set by Indian government in the recent Union Budget 2021-22.
IRClass has been a strong supporter and an advocate for sustainable ship recycling with an...
Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, underlines high safety standards as key to doubling India’s ship recycling capacity by 2024, an ambitious target set by Indian government in the recent Union Budget 2021-22.
IRClass has been a strong supporter and an advocate for sustainable ship recycling with an office in Alang, India since 2016. With IRClass’ presence and active promotion of higher safety standards in Alang, fatalities from ship breaking...