Brazil Says It's Started Sinking an Old Warship, Hazardous Material and All
The navy said it had begun an operation to send the aircraft carrier São Paulo to the bottom.
Source: nytimes.com
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Former Brazilian Navy carrier poses environmental threat
Brazilian Navy's former flagship, the French-built aircraft carrier Sao Paulo, is somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with no port to welcome her after being decommissioned. The old hull, full of asbestos, paint, and other toxic waste, has been anchored 315 kilometers off the Brazilian coast, to prevent drifting, but the possibility that it might sink has not been ruled out. It would be a major environmental disaster, it was reported.
Source: mercopress.com
Oil rigs detained in Cromarty Firth will now be dismantled legally
Scotland's environmental watchdog had feared that the three rigs would be dumped on an Indian beach.
Source: bbc.co.uk
A Ship Will Be Recycled 100 Percent Sustainably in a German Pilot Project
Ships are being recycled all over the world, but is the current process more harmful to the environment than operating a conventional diesel vessel?
Source: autoevolution.com
Worker Dies During Scrapping Of BW Offshore FPSO
A worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore's Cidade de Sao Vicente FPSO at an Indian beaching yard on April 21.
Source: rigzone.com