Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says it is considering alternative demolition sites for the 47,500-gt Global Spirit (built 1987) after the car carrier was arrested in Belgium last week for allegedly breaching European environmental rules prior to demolition in India.
The vessel was due to head for India — after a final voyage — to be broken up until Belgium’s environmental authorities were alerted to a breach of waste regulation by specialist green lobby group NGO Shipbreaking Platform.
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