The following image shows the shipbreaking yards at Alang, an industrial complex north of Mumbai in the Gulf of Khambhat. Photo taken from space via Digital Globe.
A huge portion of the world’s merchant fleet finds itself beached at the end of its useful life at Alang, a workplace that also claims the lives of many of its workers as well. The following documentary gives a fascinating account of the business of shipbreaking....MOREAccording to the Ship Scrapping blog some of the ships currently at Alang:
Ship demolitions 14/4/2014
Aashman [PA] IMO 8323719 Bulk carrier built 1984Baltic Mariner [LR] IMO 7710903 Reefer built 1979Commodore [CY] IMO 9035981 Container vessel built 1992Amonte [KN] IMO 8920490 Tanker built 1990Ashraf [TG] IMO 7126360 Cargo vessel built 1971Asia Star [MT] IMO 9046241 Container vessel built 1994LNG Aries [MH] IMO 7390193 LNG carrier built 1977Finisterre [LR] IMO 8710986 Container vessel built 1995Msc Socotra [PA] IMO 9074004 Container vessel built 1995Athens Trader [ ] IMO 9070175 Container vessel built 1995Hanjin London [PA] IMO 9111383 Container vessel built 1996Northern Delight [LR] IMO 90882374 Container vessel built 1994
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A preponderance of container vessels and not so many crude oil tankers.
In early 2008 we saw few tankers as they were being used for storage. That changed after the price collapsed. Hmmm...