[Milsurplus] Shipbreaking stats 2016

[Tom B]

Hi Hue,

In recent years the trend has been to larger containerships (18,000 - 
20,000+ TEUs).  The smaller ones that could not be deployed in other 
markets are being scrapped.

Also, the Chinese have a ship scrapping subsidy program and quite a few 
ships have been scrapped under that.

Markets are good now so scrapping is down (2018).

If you want to look up a specific U.S.-flag ship, there is a ship 
history database run by MARAD here:

https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/ShipList?pageNumber=1&matchFromStart=True

I assume that the radio equipment is being sold or scrapped overseas.

Tom Bryan
N3AJA

On 5/10/2018 6:00 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
> As a surplus hound from way back, I've always been interested also in 
> photos and stories of junked ships and planes
>
> and maybe tanks. Anyway I was copying some photos from a WSJ article 
> from 2016, and saw this:
>
> "Mr. Sharma said the typical age for recycling a ship is 30 years. 
> This year the average age of ships getting scrapped is
>
> about 15 years".
>
> "About 1000 ships…will be dragged onto beaches, cut into pieces, and 
> sold for scrap metal this year" ( 2016 ).
>
> I do not know if the upturn in the economy has changed the situation. 
> I expect this churn rate has held pretty steady.
>
> Lots of interesting stats in that article.
>
> -Hue
>
>

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