Scrap And Lay-up Back On The Agenda After A Generation

摘要

Super profits in most sectors recently have left the world's scrap yards with plenty of time on their hands. But, like everything else in shipping, things have changed radically in recent weeks. Now, empty plots in key ship demo centres have been snapped up by opportunistic breakers, all hoping to cash in on what could become shipping's biggest ever clear-out.rnIn Alang, for example, the world's largest shipbreaking centre on India's west coast, the number of scrap deals completed in January was close to the 2008 total.