Green shiprecycling pioneer Tom Peter Blankestijn has died at the age of 58.
The managing director of Rotterdam-based Sea2Cradle suffered an acute heart attack on 12 August.
Wouter Rozenveld, business partner and director operations of Sea2Cradle, informed colleagues in an email in which he said Blankestijn died despite efforts by ambulance and hospital staff to save him.
Henning Gramann, chief executive of Hamburg-based Green Ship Recycling Services, described Blankestijn as one of the “pioneers offering safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships on a commercial level, providing access and guidance to owners.”
