With challenging conditions in the scrap market and increasingly youthful fleet, however, the world’s largest shipbroker is unsure if demolition will continue at record levels.
Clarksons counts 24.9m dwt sold for recycling in the first half of 2015, measured against the 49.9m dwt delivered.
This has led to global fleet growth of 1.4%, the shipbroker’s figures show.
Predictably, bulkers dominated demolition activity in the first six months of 2015.
