Danish delivery titan Maersk Line has actually revealed strategies to ditch 8 panamax ships at backyards in India as well as China.

The globe’s biggest container delivery firm has actually come under attack this year over its shipbreaking methods, especially its go back to beaching centers in Alang, India where the firm means to reuse even more ships in the future.

Maersk states of the 8 ships, 4 will certainly be reused in Alang, consisting of 2 at Shree Ram as well as 2 at Y.S.Investments Two Maersk ships are currently being reused at Shree Ram, although at a various backyard than panamax vessels will certainly be sent out to.

The 4 vessels to be sent out to China will certainly be reused at Jiangyin Xiagang Changjiang Ship Recycling in China, a Lloyd’s Register licensed center.

The agreement honors comply with a tender provided in November in which 5 carefully picked ship reusing centers in India as well as China were welcomed to get involved. All ship recyclers consented to the A.P. Moller– Maersk Responsible Ship Recycling Standard (RSRS) as a requirement to go into the tender.

Maersk states reusing guidance in India will certainly be executed by Maersk QHSE superintendents as well as outside professionals to make certain liable ship reusing procedures according to the A.P. Moller– Maersk RSRS.

“Since our first vessels arrived in Alang earlier this year, we’ve seen significant progress – at the facility we are working with now, at the facilities that will recycle these next four vessels, and even at other facilities that have been encouraged to invest and upgrade,” states Annette Stube, Maersk Transport&&Logitics Head of Sustainability.

In the coming years, Maersk Line states it anticipates to reuse a bigger variety of vessels than in previous years as even more vessels are concerning their affordable end of life. Maersk sees its go back to Alang as a financial investment in certain backyards that are currently licensed according to the Hong Kong Convention as well as are dedicated to conference Maersk’s very own criteria.

“With this tender, we have for the first time seen that the ship recyclers compete not only on price but also on standards. This indicates a move towards higher standards, and we will continue to encourage this development,” states Annette Stube.

Estimated transfer days of the 8 panamax vessels to the ship reusing backyards are in between mid-December 2016 as well as mid-March 2017.