On Clydeside, Scotland is where a long-term deal at the Inchgreen Dry Dock at Inverclyde, has been signed that will create around 100 jobs as an export hub for responsible decommissioning of global shipping fleets.

North-East England based ATLAS Decommissioning, which specialises in the end-of-life disposal of marine infrastructure, has contracts in place with “blue chip” container lines for multiple vessels that they are removing from their current trading fleet.

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