Ship Recycling News


LR Greenlights Canadian Ship Recycling Facility’s Standards Compliance

Jan 04, 2024

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has certified Nova Scotia recycling facility, R.J. MacIsaac (RJMI), according to the requirements of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.RJMI has become first…

Shipbreaking Prices Hit the Summer Doldrums

Aug 14, 2023

According to GMS, it has been another intensely inert week in the Indian sub-continent ship recycling markets, with Bangladesh sinking to the bottom of the price-ranking board and neighboring India & Pakistan taking the lead (in terms of pricing…

Ship Recycling Set to Boom Through 2032, Says BIMCO

May 17, 2023

“Over the next ten years, from 2023 to 2032, more than 15,000 ships with deadweight capacity of more than 600 million tonnes are expected to be recycled, more than twice the amount recycled in the previous ten years,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO…

Ship Recycling Market Slows

May 09, 2023

As the ship recycle market enters a period of contraction going into the traditionally weaker and quieter summer / monsoon months, sentiments have declined across the sub-continent markets (and even Turkey) this week, according to GMS. To compound the bearish ship recycling sentiments…

Ship Recycling Prices Perk Up

Jan 30, 2023

Following a virtually inert 2022 and a slightly busier start to 2023 at the various recycling destinations, much of the Far East was off celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year holidays this week and it has expectedly been a quieter period - in terms of sales and activity…

Ship Recycling ticks up; Supply Needed

Jan 23, 2023

A degree of increased positivity has entered recycling markets this week, said GMS, as prices push on in both India (off the back of firming steel and settling currencies) and Bangladesh (off of a rising demand and a currency that has recently found its stability around BDT 105)…

Ship Recycling Endures a Turbulent 2022

Dec 27, 2022

Like much of the world, one word adequately describes the ship recycling market in 2022: turbulent.According to GMS, prices reached decade long peaks above $700/LDT in the first quarter of the year before crashing back down by about $200/LDT…

Ship Recycling Market Prices continue Free Fall

Jul 05, 2022

The degraded performance across the ship recycling sector over the last few (and painful) months shows few signs of abating just yet, as it has been a veritable tale of misery, even though prices remain at some of the firmest levels we have seen over the last decade…

Bullish Freight Markets, Strong Dollar conspire to keep Ship Breaking Prices Subdued

Jun 20, 2022

Following the recent dramatic price plunges which have seen almost $100/LDT wiped off prices, the ship recycling industry in the Indian sub-continent seems to be taking a bit of a pause, as end buyers remain less than confident to offer any firm prices with certainty…

Ship Recycle Market Continues Downward Trend

May 31, 2022

The ongoing sub-continent collapse in prices fully materialized this week, with all sectors talking down the market and refusing to offer anew on any fresh tonnage whilst they wait for markets to stabilize. As the Ukraine conflict endures, fundamentals…

Ship Scrap Prices Continue to Fall

May 16, 2022

It has been a woeful week across all of the major ship recycling markets, with some tumultuous declines leading to minimal interest and offers on any available tonnage.It increasingly seems as though it may be a much softer summer given prevailing sentiments…

Ship Scrap Prices Take a Turn for the Worse

May 09, 2022

Sub-continent markets have taken a turn for the worse this week, as collapsing steel prices in India and Eid holidays in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Turkey have led to depressed sentiments and virtually no new offers emanating on any available tonnage…

Ship Recycling Takes a Holiday, too

Apr 25, 2022

As holidays descended across much of the sub-continent over the last week, activity and sales logically slowed as the recycling industry enjoyed a bit of a breather.Certainly, the recently ebullient Bangladeshi market has fallen out of contention over this past month…

Shipbreaking: Ship Recycling Prices Head Up Again

Apr 11, 2022

According to GMS, it has been another impressive week in both the Indian and Pakistani markets, with reportedly several sales taking place above the $700/LDT mark. These levels seem increasingly indicative of a market that is firm and these…

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