Scrapping scrap, saving earth

Green ban on hazardous foreign vessels to protect ship-breaking sector, hinterland

Come next week/year, a decadesold marine trade practice in China will draw to a close.

The country's ship-breaking yards, which have been tearing apart the world's retired vessels from both civil and military sectors, and turning them into piles of steel scrap bound for mills for repurposing, will henceforth focus only domestic ships.