ISO publishes draft ship-recycling guidelines

Source: Lloyd's List
Source Date: 22nd Jul, 2008
The International Organisation for Standardisation has published the first two of eight specifications for ship recycling, covering the minimum criteria for ship recycling facilities and various bodies that will audit them.

Russia sends warships to Arctic as relations with Norway cool

Source: Jane's Defence Weekly
Source Date: 23rd Jul, 2008
The Russian Federation Navy has deployed warships from its Northern Fleet to the Arctic for the first time since the Cold War, increasing its presence in the region in response to Norwegian territorial claims.