Ship number 7 and 8 of Greenpeace list on its way to Asian beach

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.

Greenpeace has requested information from the owners of these vessels to hear what measures they have taken to prevent environmental and health damage in Asia. As neither of the 2 companies has responded to our earlier letters, Greenpeace assumes that these companies have not taken measures.

The 2 ships followed the Flandre, Valle Bianca, Artemis II, Costa Riviera, Athenian Valour, Kapetan Giorgis and the Berge Ingerid. One of the visitors of the Greenpeace shipbreaking website sent us a photograph of the Artemis II on the scrapping beach of Bangladesh.

Greenpeace will assess the possibilities to hold the shipping companies liable for the pollution and health damage caused by the dismantling of ships containing toxic materials at Asian beaches. Greenpeace has already undertaken legal or public activities in the cases of the Flandre (owned by Luxembourg company Euronav) and the Berge Ingerid (owned by Norwegian company Bergesen).

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