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Articles & news
N.I.M.B.Y. Syndrome and the Ticking Time Bomb: Disputes over the Dismantling of Naval Obsolete Vessels
During the past half-century, the United States had several occasions to celebrate its victories in warfare, all of which were achieved at the expense of environmental and social costs. American society continues to be haunted by the hundreds of obsolete U.S. naval vessels built during World War II, now anchored and rusting away at ports throughout the United States. Most of these ships need immediate scrapping.1 Not only do they pose a real and significant threat to the local environment as "ticking time bombs," but they also cost the federal government millions of dollars every year in maintenance costs alone. ( 2005-12-01, findarticles.com )
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EU urges action on scrapping
THE EU Transport Council has urged the IMO to take immediate steps towards a worldwide push for green ship recycling, and to phase out the beaching of vessels for demolition. The transport ministers want the IMO to tackle the problem of possible pollution of ships on their way to scrapyards, and from the scrapping process itself. ( 2005-11-30, seafarerswelfare.org )
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In-depth: The Netherlands: Dutch Horizons
Cargo ships often make their final voyage to scrap yards on the shores of India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, where the local population then dismantles the ships. It's a hazardous and dirty practice. "The business of dismantling cargo ships indirectly costs thousands of lives," says Doebren Mulder, the General Director of Ecodock, a company that aims to put a stop to this kind of shipbreaking. ( 2005-11-23, )
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