(The following is the text of a presentation given by Dimas in an Open Hearing at the European Parliament) The dismantling or recycling of ships is a pressing environmental, economic and social issue ...

The U.S. Maritime Administration has announced that it has signed ship disposal contracts for the last four "high-priority" ships currently available for disposal from the government's James River ...

Over the past decade, more than 2,000 ships have been dismantled at shipyards in Türkiye’s coastal town of Aliağa, one of the world’s main destinations for decommissioned vessels. Locals and ...

As cruise lines introduce larger, more advanced vessels, older ships are retired—some sold and refurbished under new brands, others dismantled in shipyards for recycling. Industry observers note ...

ALIAGA, Turkey (Reuters) - Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed ...

Ship dismantling work will be performed at Japan’s only dry dock which can handle large ocean-going vessels and is owned by Oono Development in Chita City, Aichi Prefecture. Oono Development will ...

In January 2024, the USS Kitty Hawk, a 62,000-ton aircraft carrier, reached the end of her life. Once a home to 130,000 sailors over four decades, she now sat with her bow cut off, section by section ...

Preparations are underway to dismantle USS Enterprise, the Navy’s first nuclear carrier, at the same shipyard where it was originally built. Hunting Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding is ...

Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap after COVID all but destroyed the industry.