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Russian companies scrap 32 sea vessels in Jan-Aug 09 |
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Friday, 02 October 2009 |
 In January-August 2009, Russian companies scrapped at least 32 sea vessels, which makes 3.8% of the entire fleet written off in the world,
Transport writes. So Russia holds the sixth position after Greece (139
vessels), China (103), Japan (71), Norway (37) and India (33). As of
the beginning of July Russia was the 12th, though, with only 7 vessels
written off in January-May 2009.
In August, Russian ship owners got rid of at least 7 vessels, the youngest of them being 30 y.o. and the oldest - 40 y.o.
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particular, Neva Shipmanagement and Murmantransflot sold their
refrigerated carriers Crystal Lily and Santiago built in 1978-1979 to
India as scrap vessels. Regal Co Ltd and Solfil Navigation sold dry
cargo carriers Argus and Fine Star to China while Northern Shipping Co
sold its Noble to Bangladesh.
Apart from the above vessels, Nakhodka
Active Marine sold its 2 fishing vessels Barit and Kavray to India for
$230/250 per 1 LDT.
Source: PortNews
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