The NGO Shipbreaking Platform (Platform) has applauded Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd for adopting a ship recycling policy promoting "sustainable solutions for green ship recycling".
"The Platform welcomes this progressive policy change and strongly encourages other ship owners to follow Hapag-Lloyd's example and only use modern ship recycling facilities," said the organisation. "Already, Hapag-Lloyd has decided to sell the 'New Orleans Express' to a ship recycling facility in China, where the shipping company will be monitoring the recycling process.
Platform Executive Director, Patrizia Heidegger, said more and more ship owners are, "realising that they do not have to sell their old ships on a shady second-hand market where they will end up in a polluting and dangerous beach breaking yard.
"As Hapag-Lloyd demonstrates, feasible and financially viable solutions that are clean, safe and fair exist," she commented.
