News / Maersk says EC should be 'more realistic' in its guidelines for greener ship scrapping

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Maersk Line has responded to criticism from an environmental group accusing it of using flags of convenience to bypass EC guidelines on ship scrapping.

The world’s largest container shipping line this year announced it would continue to send vessels earmarked for recycling to the Indian beaches of Alang – long a favoured scrapping destination for shipowners.

However it has come under fire from environmental campaigners claiming the waste management efforts  at Alang are lax, and that it is outside the list of EU-approved ship-scrapping sites – currently ...