The shame of shipowners as Germany tops list for worst scrapping practices

03/04/2017

Somehow, you’d never think that Germany would top any list for bad environmental practices. And yet, in ship scrapping, it does. German shipowners have the “worst ship-breaking practices among all shipping nations” according to the NGO, Shipbreaking Platform. 98 of the country’s 100 ships which ...

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