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Alang shipbreaking yard, world's largest, faces worst-ever crisis as vessel arrivals hit record lowAlang, India's largest shipbreaking yard, is experiencing its worst downturn. Geopolitical tensions and extended ship lifespans have led to...
India eyeing Bangladesh’s top spot with perks for recycling dying shipsIndia is set to introduce 40 billion rupees in incentives to revitalise its shipbreaking industry and regain market dominance from Banglade...
Ship-breaking players to profit due to pressure on shipping industryWith the revival of steel demand and increasing supply of shipping vessels for scrapping, the ship-breaking companies in India, Bangladesh ...
Government to amend Shipbreaking Code; invites stakeholders commentsThe proposed amendments include necessary steps by a recycler to prevent spilling of oil and hazardous substances in the sea, besides safe ...
Gujarat comes out with policy to help Alang ship-breaking industryFinance Minister Saurabh Patel said the state government and Gujarat Maritime Board formulated the policy to promote the industrial activit...
Shipyards get a sinking feeling on rupee fall, soft prices"This was flagged in our April 2014 report titled, Shipbreakers weather Rs 700 crore forex loss, yet continue to sail unhedged."
Gujarat: High Court seeks Centre's reply to PIL on labourers' safety at AlangHC directed central government to file its reply to PILwhich sought labourers' safety at Alang ship-breaking yard in Bhavnagar district.
Indian supremacy in ship-breaking put to testShip recyclers are of the opinion that there is bound to be fierce competition between India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the three competing ...
- Ship-breaking industry busy striving to maintain top form
Undercurrents notwithstanding, the domestic players are busy working towards retaining current position as world's top ship-breaking nation.
Dawood Ibrahim active in Alang ship-breaking businessFugitive Dawood Ibrahim and his aides have a major stake in the multi-million dollar ship-breaking industry in Gujarat, according to an int...
Dawood Ibrahim uses ship business to smuggle drugs, armsDawood Ibrahim and his aides have a major stake in the multimillion-dollar ship-breaking industry in India, according to a report.
- Alang ship-breakers face Rs 2,000-cr hit from Rupee fall
Ship-breakers are likely to bear a total loss of Rs 2,000 crore for the fiscal year as the rupee fell by over 18% in the last seven months.
- Alang Shipbreakers fear GMB rate revision could harm India play
Indian shipbreaking activities , though, have registered an encouraging performance during the first six months of the calendar year, India...
- Heavy air pollution at ships' graveyard
There is no cause for worry about environmental pollution, according to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials, who echo the ...
- Scrap from Alang may bring down steel prices
The increasing ship-breaking activity at the country’s largest ship-breaking yard, Alang, may cause a fall in steel prices, with hundreds o...
- Shipbreaking set for healthy turnaround amidst gloom
Amid gloomy figures and stats, panning every sector, Shipbreaking industry is up and is expected to post a remarkable turnaround this fisca...
- Ship-breakers desert Alang yard
The hands that used to work on mammoth ocean liners and crude carriers and generated revenues worth Rs 80,000 crore till 2008 in one of the...
- UN team visits Alang ship-breaking yard
A team from the International Maritime Organisation visited the Alang ship-breaking yard and examined the safety and environmental safeguar...
- India to press for stricter norms on ship-breaking
India refuses to be a dump yard for hazardous ships. During the forthcoming inter-sessional working group meeting at the International Mari...
- Norwegian liner `Blue Lady’ to light up shipbreaking in Alang
Alang is expected to gain immensely from the ship’s beaching. It will bring in a revenue of Rs 25 crore into state government’s kitty in ta...