Downturn claims youngest vessel sold for scrap
- Tuesday 22 May 2012, 17:21
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A 13-YEAR old boxship has been sold for scrap in the last week, making it the youngest merchant vessel to be demolished since the global financial downturn took hold in late 2008.It marks the extreme of a growing trend for ever-younger vessels heading for recycling yards, as huge...
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