Europe is hampering its efforts to boost green ship scrapping capacity through a combination of political, legal and commercial manoeuvring, speakers at a webinar warned.
“Europe is at a crossroads on this issue, having made quite virtuous noises over time and brought in Basel and listened to the NGO [Shipbreaking] platform,” John Stawpert, manager for environment and trade at the International Chamber of Shipping, told the Immediasea Ship Recycling webinar.
