“Everything has a life cycle and that life cycle changes,” said Dr. Sharma. “For example, cruise ships tend to have the longest life cycles, but when COVID hit, a lot of cruise ships were recycled.

Decommissioned cruise ships are being dismantled at Aliaga ship-breaking yard in the Aegean port city of Izmir, western Turkey, October 2, 2020.REUTERS/Umit Bektas This shipyard in western Turkey has ...

Regarding the article, “USS Ranger leaving Puget Sound for Texas scrap yard”: The photo in the paper brought back memories of when I was in the Navy in 1961-63. I was aboard the USS Thomaston LSD-28.

The MV Doulos Phos, built in 1914, just two years after the fateful voyage of the HMS Titanic, has had several names and been used for various purposes over its lifetime. But perhaps the most unique ...

The Navy is stuck with a number of poorly performing ships it wasn’t permitted to scrap but can’t afford to fix because Congress hasn’t resolved its budget stalemate. Four Ticonderoga-class guided ...

The owners of a ship used to execute one of the most world’s most complicated and expensive pieces of espionage have sold it for scrap. The scrapping of the 51,000 ton GSF Explorer — repurposed in the ...

CAMDEN, N.J.—Preservationists are sounding the alarm about the future of the Barnegat, a historic but dilapidated light ship docked at a private marina here. Preservation New Jersey, a private ...