Boatbreakers News
FRP Microparticles Detrimental to Marine Life
End of Life and Abandoned boats are having a detrimental effect on marine life.
Boat Scrapyard Group Hits 9000 Members
Boat Scrapyard our Facebook group reached another impressive milestone. At the time of writing we've just made it over 9000 members.
Atalanta 26 Classic Yacht In For Scrap
Atalanta 26 In For Scrap Last week the Boatbreakers team had a the sad job of disposing of a classic yacht. The Atalanta 26 had been written off by her insurance company after being damaged during a storm. [...]
Boat Disposal Options in Uncertain Times
Boat Disposal Options During COVID Uncertainty Boat Disposal options for boat owners is becoming a more pressing concern. Boatbreakers have had a surprisingly busy summer period. After the lockdown period from March onwards that closed our plans down [...]
Our Boat Scrapyard Facebook Group
Lockdown in the UK During the Covid 19 Lockdown period in the UK our boat breaking enquiries rightly took a back seat. Our office staff were placed on Furlough to help get the business through a tough patch. All our [...]
Boatbreakers Scrapheap Challenges
Scrapheap Challenges What happens to old boats? It isn’t something many boat owners ever think about. Why should they? It’s an issue even the marine industry has done its best to ignore. Until somebody comes to scrap their vessel with us at Boatbreakers many owners will think that [...]
Boatbreakers and the COVID-19 Situation
The Boatbreaker team will be doing our best to keep ticking over during this difficult period. Our business is largely online so our team can work from home. But the collection of boats and selling of boat bits is sure [...]
Boatbreakers Marine Industry News Articles
Marine Industry News Boatbreakers Features Boatbreakers was recently asked by Marine Industry News to feature in their daily email bulletins. After researching our team and realising that I (Luke) has a degree in journalism, life was made even [...]
FRP Ideas and Solutions for Recycling Fibre Reinforced Plastic
For Boatbreakers one of the biggest issues we are always conscious of is what to do with old Fibreglass. The majority of boats we recycle are made from FRP (Fibre Re-enforced Plastic).
International Maritime Organization Report on End of Life Boats
For a long time it had seemed to our Boatbreakers team that we were the only people talking about end of use boats.