NGO: This many ships were beached in the first quarter
In the first quarter, 262 large commercial vessels were sold for recycling and over half of them wound up on the beaches of Southeast Asia, according to calculations from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN
Many ships continue to end their lives in Southeast Asia, according to calculations on the recycling of vessels in the first quarter of 2015. According to Brussels-based NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 262 large commercial vessels have been sold for recycling this year so far, and 151 of these landed on the beaches of Southeast Asia. The majority in Alang and Mumbai in India, 69 vessels. And to the area of Chittagong in Bangladesh, where 66 vessels ended up.
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