[Milsurplus] Fwd: Re: Shipbreaking stats 2016

[Bruce Gentry]

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Subject: 	Re: [Milsurplus] Shipbreaking stats 2016
Date: 	Thu, 10 May 2018 19:06:03 -0400
From: 	Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net>
To: 	tbryan at nova.org



I have seen a lot of quartz chronometers, clocks, and navigational 
instruments on Epay being sold from India. Do they have a  shipbreaking 
industry?


       Bruce gentry, KA2IVY


On 5/10/18 6:56 PM, Tom B wrote:
>
> 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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