Container

Liner giants scrapped ten times as many ships in 2023

MSC has scrapped a particularly high number of ships at the disputed scrap yards in Alang, India. This is ”beyond shameful”, according to NGO.
85% of ships sent to scrapping end up on beaches in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. | Photo: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
85% of ships sent to scrapping end up on beaches in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. | Photo: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by LIV ALMER

The scrapping of ships among the ten largest container shipping companies in the world has picked up, NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s annual report reveals.

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