Juin 2003 - Quatre représentants des chantiers de démolition navale indiens et bangladais ont entamé une tournée de trois semaines en Europe. Leur objectif : présenter aux propriétaires de navires et aux responsables politiques les impacts des pratiques polluantes qui ont actuellement cours sur les chantiers de démolition navale. Ils cherchent également de l'aide pour arriver à véritablement résoudre ces problèmes. Des cloches provenant du chantier de démolition navale d'Alang en Inde ont fait le voyage avec eux. Elle doivent rappeler aux propriétaires des navires leur responsabilité dans les impacts catastrophiques de la démolition navale sur les plages d'Asie. Le son de chaque cloche est là pour les empêcher d'oublier que les habitants d'Asie veulent un environnement plus sain et des conditions de travail plus sûres. Suite…
Des activistes dénoncent le projet des Etats-Unis de reprise des exportations navires obsolètes toxiques vers les pays en développement
Le 11 décembre 2002 - Greenpeace International, le BAN (Basel Action Network), Toxic Link of India et une coalition de syndicats ont révélé que le Congrès américain et l'Administration Bush avaient levé un moratoire contre l'envoi à la casse de navires devenus des déchets toxiques et avaient, dans leur proposition de loi de financement de la Défense, mis de côté 20 000 000 dollars américains pour un projet pilote qui pourrait comprendre l'exportation en 2003 de quatre navires obsolètes de la flotte de réserve de la Défense nationale (NDRF) et l'immersion de certains autres pour en faire des récifs artificiels. Suite…
Suite à une décision de justice, un navire toxique français doit être rapatrié
Istanbul, le 14 novembre 2002 - D'après une décision de la justice turque, le navire toxique français Sea Beirut, qui a tenté d'entrer en Turquie illégalement pour y être démantelé alors qu'ils contient des déchets toxiques, doit être renvoyé en France. Le tribunal a ordonné à CEMSAN, la compagnie importatrice impliquée dans cette tractation illégale, de faite en sorte que le navire soit ramené en France, son pays d'origine. Conformément à cette nouvelle décision de la justice turque, le gouvernement français doit récupérer le Sea Beirut et en enlever toutes les matières dangereuses avant de le réexporter pour démantèlement. En mai dernier, Greenpeace avait intercepté le Sea Beirut alors qu'il approchait des chantiers de démolition navale d'Aliaga en Turquie, préoccupée par le fait que le navire contienne des déchets dangereux, dont de l'amiante. Suite…
Six navires ajoutés à la liste de Greenpeace
Le 11 octobre 2002 - A l'occasion de l'ouverture de la réunion de l'Organisation maritime internationale (OMI), Greenpeace a ajouté six navires devant prochainement partir à la casse à sa liste de 50 navires. Suite…
Greenpeace accuse l'industrie maritime de s'enrichir grâce à des matières toxiques Enquête sur un navire soupçonné d'être toxique
Amsterdam, le 4 octobre 2002 - Ce matin, des activistes de Greenpeace sont montés à bord d'un navire dans le port d'Anvers pour voir s'il contient ou non des matières dangereuses et faire publiquement l'inventaire des matières trouvées. L'organisation écologiste a pris des échantillons sur le Silver Ray, un navire appartenant à un armateur grec, car elle craint que le navire soit sur le point d'être exporté vers l'Asie pour y être démantelé sans qu'auparavant les dangereuses matières toxiques présentes à son bord aient été enlevées. La nuit dernière, Greenpeace a projeté un film sur la coque du Silver Ray pour montrer le coût humain et écologique du démantèlement des navires contienant encore des substances toxiques à leur bord. Suite…
'See you in India'... Greenpeace follows toxic ship 'Gerd' to its final destination
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September 2002 - Tonight the 'Gerd', a ship destined for scrapping, will
depart from the Port of Amsterdam. The ship contains toxic substances
like asbestos and heavy metals. Greenpeace will follow the ship with inflatables
to the IJmuiden Locks. After that Greenpeace will continue to track the
chemical tanker through information from special contacts and through
tips received via this special shipbreaking website. More...
See voyage of Gerd/Tulip on map
Help us track Berge Odel Next ship on Greenpeace list on its way to a shipbreaking beach
August 21 st 2002 - A tip received from a ship spotter via this website
informed us that one of the top-50 ships on the Greenpeace list is currently
making her final voyage to one of the Asian shipbreaking beaches. Please
help
us spot the Norwegian oil tanker Berge Odel, as it is yet unclear where
the ship will be scrapped. More...
Greenpeace confronts ship owner with effects of sending toxic ships
to Asia for scrap
Amsterdam 19th July 2002 - Last night, Greenpeace paid an unexpected visit
to a ship in Amsterdam harbour that it suspects is about to be sent to
Asia for scrap without first being cleaned of dangerous toxic materials.
The environmental organisation projected a movie onto the hull of the
'Gerd' to confront the ship's owner with the devastation it will cause
if it sends its ship to Asia without decontaminating it first. More...
Greenpeace takes French government to court for sending toxic ship to
Turkey
Paris/Istanbul, July 17th 2002: Greenpeace took legal action against the
French government today to make sure it takes back a toxic ship it illegally
exported to Turkey for scrap. Greenpeace is appealing to the French courts
to suspend the decision of export, granted to the 'Sea Beirut' even though
it contained hazardous asbestos. The environmental organisation has launched
a separate appeal against the French maritime administration for abuse of
power. Greenpeace intercepted the "Sea Beirut" as it neared Turkey two months
ago because it was concerned that France was attempting to illegally dump
hazardous waste in Turkey. More...Shipping industry must strip ships of toxic materials before sending
them for scrapping Highest court in Netherlands says scrap ship is toxic waste
June 19th 2002 - The Highest Court in the Netherlands, the Council of State
in The Hague, has today ruled that a ship destined for scrapping in India
which contains asbestos, heavy metals and other toxic materials, should
be classified as toxic waste. This is the first ever legal recognition that
a ship containing asbestos must be treated as hazardous waste. It sets a
vital precedent that in future all scrap ships must be cleaned of toxic
materials before being sent to shipbreaking-yards. More...
Malpractices at ship-for-scrap Sandrien - crew and environment victim
of ship broker
7th June 2002: Since February 2001, the 'Sandrien' has been docked in
Amsterdam harbour. The ship is destined for demolition in one of Asia's
shipbreaking
yards. Conditions in the yards are unacceptable, both for the workers
and the environment. Since December 2001, approximately twenty Indian
crewmembers have been staying onboard the 'Sandrien', in desperate circumstances.
More...
News from the Basel Convention
Guidelines on ship dismantling adopted, but.... More....
Environment minister confirms presence of asbestos following Greenpeace
action
9 May 2002 - The Turkish Minister of Environment, Fevzi Aytekin, has today
notified all relevant authorities that Turkey must not allow the French
toxic ship for scrap "Sea Beirut" to enter the country. He has also said
the vessel should return to France. The vessel was illegally exported
from France to Turkey to be scrapped at Aliaga, one of Turkey's notorious
ship breaking yards, with dangerous toxic waste on board. Greenpeace activists
intercepted the vessel as it neared Turkish shores last Saturday, and
warned the Turkish authorities that it contained toxic waste. More....
Greenpeace intercepts European ship attempting to illegally dump toxic
waste in Turkey
5 May 2002 - Greenpeace activists intercepted a European cargo vessel
as it illegally attempted to enter a Turkish shipbreaking yard with dangerous
toxic waste on board. The vessel "Sea Beirut", with asbestos still on
board, was towed from France to be scrapped at Aliaga, one of Turkey's
notorious ship breaking yards. More...
Greenpeace calls tanker community for immediate action to save lives
of Asian shipbreakers
During the annual INTERTANKO event in Rotterdam (14-17 April) Greenpeace
called upon the tanker community to ensure that every tanker-for-scrap
from members of INTERTANKO will be delivered gas-free for hot works. INTERTANKO
is the International Association of Independent Tankers Owners. For the
text of the Greenpeace presentation please click here
(PDF-format).
New ships nominated on Greenpeace list. Help us track these ships!
11 april 2002 - Since january, eight ships of the Greenpeace list of 50
have made (or are currently making) their final voyage to Asian beaches.
Therefore, Greenpeace has selected new ships for the list. Some of these
ships have been selected on the information supplied by visitors to this
website. Greenpeace requests information on these new ships. More...Ship number 7 and 8 of Greenpeace list on its way to Asian beach
11 april 2002 - The Nikaia, a bulk carrier from 1977, is ship number 7 of
the Greenpeace list of 50 that has made her final voyage to one of the Asian
scrapping beaches. It was sold by the Greek company Marmaras Navigation
to shipbreakers in India. The River Stream, a chemical tanker from 1974
owned by the Dutch company Vroon and managed by Tschudi & Eitzen, has recentely
been sold for scrap to India for US$ 1.17M. More...
Danish minister takes stand on issue of shipbreaking
11 april 2002 - Danish Minister: "Shipbreaking a focus issue under the Danish
EU presidency". More...
Norwegian minister takes stand on issue of shipbreaking
11 april 2002 - Norwegian Minister: "Shipowner should contribute in the
removal of hazardous substances before breaking the ship". More...
Greenpeace asks shipping community for information on renaming of ships
prior to final voyage to shipbreaking yard
14th march 2002 - Greenpeace asks the shipping community for any information
on ship owners rapidly renaming their ships before or just after selling
the ship for scrap. An example of this practice is ChevronTexaco, renaming
their 1974-built Chevron Nagasaki prior to selling the ship to Chinese
breakers. The vessel was renamed Enif Voyager. Please send your information
via the special
mailform in this website.
IMO-guidelines not enough to tackle the issue of shipbreaking
Amsterdam, 14th march 2002 - Last week, the International Maritime Organisation
(IMO) started debating the issue of shipbreaking in its Marine Environment
Protection Committee (MEPC). It was agreed that the IMO will draw guidelines
on greening ships during the life cycle of a ship. More...
Ongoing discussion on legal status of ships-for-scrap
According to Greenpeace, a ship can be a ship and a waste at the same
time. When a ship owner has the intention to dispose of the ship for scrapping,
a ship is from that moment on subject to both the rules of the IMO (on
safety etc) and rules of the Basel Convention on waste. More...
Six out of 50 ships on Greenpeace list sold for scrap in only two months
Amsterdam, 14th march 2002 - The total amount of ships on the Greenpeace-list
actually going for scrap now numbers six, out of the 50 nominated ships
in the spotlight. Five ships listed on the Greenpeace-website have recently
arrived in Asia. More...
Norwegian ship owner to dump toxic waste in Asia
Oslo, 6th March 2002: Greenpeace today accused the Norwegian ship owner
Bergesen of dumping toxic waste in Asia. The 25 year old Berge Ingerid,
which is contaminated with hazardous substances such as asbestos, PCB's
and toxic paint has been sold to a German company that intends to scrap
it in Asia. The vessel is currently off East Africa sailing towards the
Arabian Gulf Read more... Four ships-for-scrap on Greenpeace list heading for Asian beaches
Amsterdam, 1 february 2002 - Only two weeks after launching the Greenpeace list of 50 soon-to-be-scrapped ships, four of these ships are currently making their final voyage: Valle Bianca, Flandre, Artemis II and Costa Riviera. Read more...
Environmental Minister of Turkey in full support of Greenpeace demands
Istanbul, 1 february 2002 - After being informed by Greenpeace about the health and environmental problems at the Aliaga shipbreaking beach near Izmir, the Turkish Minister of the Environment, Aytekin, said that it is not acceptable that Turkey is being used as a dumping ground for hazardous waste. Read more...
Western European companies dump toxic ships on Turkish beach
Izmir/Brussels, 14th January, 2002 - Seventeen Greenpeace activists were
arrested this morning after unfolding a banner that said "Stop Toxic Shipbreaking"
on board of a Swiss ship, "Star of Venice", which they had occupied at
a shipbreaking yard in Aliaga, Turkey. They demanded an end to the poisonous
practice of scrapping ships containing toxic materials, including asbestos,
on Turkish beaches. Before the Turkish police made their arrest and confiscated
one of the inflatable boats, the activists painted a text that said "No
Toxic Ship Trade" on a side of another old ship, "Best", which originated
from Greece. Read more...
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Navires remarquables Le Pacific Princess (le paquebot de " La croisière s'amuse ") fait partie de la liste Greenpeace. Autres navires remarquables...
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September 2002 - Tonight the 'Gerd', a ship destined for scrapping, will
depart from the Port of Amsterdam. The ship contains toxic substances
like asbestos and heavy metals. Greenpeace will follow the ship with inflatables
to the IJmuiden Locks. After that Greenpeace will continue to track the
chemical tanker through information from special contacts and through
tips received via this special shipbreaking website. 
Amsterdam 19th July 2002 - Last night, Greenpeace paid an unexpected visit
to a ship in Amsterdam harbour that it suspects is about to be sent to
Asia for scrap without first being cleaned of dangerous toxic materials.
The environmental organisation projected a movie onto the hull of the
'Gerd' to confront the ship's owner with the devastation it will cause
if it sends its ship to Asia without decontaminating it first. 
