EU is already using scrapping rule to stop carriers
Although the number of cases concerned is not that high, the authorities catch shipowners every year violating the ban on scrapping vessels outside of the OECD. The Commission brought up the rule after several carriers announced they were going to recycle more vessels in Alang.
BY NIKLAS KRIGSLUND
About once or twice a year a shipowner is caught violating the ban on scrapping vessels outside of the OECD.
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