A fire broke out on a decommissioned ship in the Duluth harbor Monday afternoon. Azcon Metals was in the process of scrapping the J.B. Ford when a spark started a small fire in the ship's wooden cabin ...

Federal officials are negotiating with a British company that would dispose of 13 ships from the James River "ghost fleet." The proposal, if finalized, would amount to the largest ship-scrapping ...

A decision by the city of Vallejo, Calif., to award a contract to a company to build a ship scrapping facility in Mare Island, Calif., has generated controversy. California Dry Dock Solutions, a newly ...

Converted very large ore carriers (VLOC) are increasingly becoming a thing of the past with the long-term freight contracts coming to an end as newer and more reliable ships replace them in the market ...

In April, the Navy published a notice announcing the beginning of planning to scrap the USS Nimitz. USS Nimitz entered service in 1975 and has spent nearly 50 years operating all over the world. But ...

“Everything has a life cycle and that life cycle changes,” said Dr. Sharma. “For example, cruise ships tend to have the longest life cycles, but when COVID hit, a lot of cruise ships were recycled.