It is estimated that from about 45,000 ocean-going ships in the world, 700 are taken out of service every year. Things have changed since the 1960s, when ship breaking was considered a highly mechanized operation, concentrated in industrialized countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. In early 1980s, to maximize […]

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