Four high-risk James River Reserve Fleet ships containing PCBs, oil, asbestos and mercury could be headed to the scrap yard by March or April. The Maritime Administration has issued a request for bids ...

A fire broke out on a decommissioned ship in the Duluth harbor Monday afternoon. Azcon Metals was in the process of scrapping the J.B. Ford when a spark started a small fire in the ship's wooden cabin ...

“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.

In April, the Navy published a notice announcing the beginning of planning to scrap the USS Nimitz. USS Nimitz entered service in 1975 and has spent nearly 50 years operating all over the world. But ...

A California dispute is a new delay in the removal of the James River Reserve Fleet. The U.S. Maritime Administration has put a freeze on its ship disposal program to resolve new environmental ...