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August 2023

How do you safely break up an ‘old lady’?

What’s the best way to dispose of an “old lady”? Should she be dumped on a beach and broken up by rough hands in terrible conditions or should she be taken in a more sedate fashion to a reputable place to be dismantled in an orderly fashion? The question is being debated in the shipping industry where an “old lady” is the usual term for a vessel which has come to the end of its days. ship breakingOne of the world’s biggest cargo companies has just decided to stop sending its ships to be broken up on Bangladesh’s beaches where ultr...