During Q 4 of 2023, the French built and French owned cable layer RAYMOND CROZE was sold to Shipbreakers at Aliaga, Turkey and was beached on Thursday 28th December, 2023.
She was built by Soc Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers de La Rochelle-Pallice – La Rochelle, France with yard no 1235 in 1983 with 107.02 m length (loa), a beam of 17.81 m and maximum draught of 6.26 m with her keel launched on 20th January 1982, launched 6 months later on 23rd July and delivered on 19th July, 2023.
She had 3 engines – Crepelle 8PSN3L _ with BHP of 5.175, and kW of 3.807, giving her a service speed of 15 Knots.
With asbestos issue, Anadolu Ship Dismantling Facility (AGS), made a statement regarding the allegations that there were 100 tons of asbestos on the ship that is harmful to human health, described the claim as irrational.
The statement made by Anadolu Ship Breaking Facility (AGS) Human Resources and Corporate Communications Coordinator Mine Aydın is as follows:
Disposal process first
“The facility will have the asbestos in question removed by third-party accredited, approved and competent companies in an environmentally friendly manner and in accordance with the regulations, as in standard processes, and the ship dismantling process will not begin until this disposal process is completed.”
Compliant with EU Directive
“It was decided to recycle the ship in a European Union-approved facility that can provide the most competent and suitable conditions for dismantling the ship and complies with the European Union Ship Recycling Regulation. This process, which is carried out with the approvals of the relevant public institutions and ministries, is a standard process. It is unreasonable that there were 100 tons of asbestos on the RAYMOND CROZE ship, which weighs 3,597 tons, as claimed. “This process is compatible with the standard operation of our facility and every stage is carefully managed.”
All images of RAYMOND CROZE goes back to her last call to Malta back to November, 2011
