Comments on: World’s Largest Container Ships Will Be Recycled…Eventually

By: Port of Los Angeles Adopts International Clean Ship Standard

Port of Los Angeles Adopts International Clean Ship Standard — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:05:10 +0000

[…] Dutch company has partnered on a U.S. Navy biofuel test for container ships, and its massive new Triple-E container ships were designed with a cradle-to cradle recycling and reuse “passport” that covers every […]

By: ISO PRO TAYLOR

ISO PRO TAYLOR — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:33:00 +0000

The thought of recycling these huge shipping containers excite me to no end. Already we have shipping container houses that are extremely lovely and very useful! Just think of what we could do with these!

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:48:54 +0000

Thank you, xoussef. From what I’ve read the projections are for significant growth in the near future. If that proves true, in addition to improved resource conservation (energy efficiency and lifecycle management), the only way to get shipping emissions under control over the long term is to adopt alternative fuels.

By: xoussef

xoussef — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:07:54 +0000

The container shipping business was hard hit in the downturn. Volumes aren’t yet up to the pre-crises figures. So my guess is that the new capacity will replace older ships, not expand the capacity.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:23:24 +0000

Andrew, good point. It’s quite possible that the new ships already incorporate some recycled materials. If you’d like to contact Maersk and ask them, let us know if they respond.

By: Andrew Cheng

Andrew Cheng — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:09:29 +0000

Instead of purchasing new, larger eco-friendly container ships, wouldn’t it make sense to phase out the current ships by savaging and recycling them into the newer larger ships? Just a thought…