Cosco to scrap 41 ships

China Cosco Holdings has chosen 41 ships that will be scrapped during 2014. This decision comes after the company early this year ordered its first new ships in a long time.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

China's largest shipping conglomerate, China Cosco Holdings, plans to scrap 41 ships in 2014. The company's senior executives have approved the "2014 China Cosco ship decommissioning plan," a move that comes in the wake of Cosco's decision to order new ships for the first time in five years. Four dry bulk vessels of 64,000 dwt each, and four VLCC's.

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