Tag: NGO ShipBreaking Platform

NGO Shipbreaking Platform underlines that the explosion on the oil tanker MT Suvarna Swarajya in Bangladesh on September 7, 2024, has drawn attention to severe safety and labor issues in the shipbreaking industry.

NGO Shipbreaking Platform has released the second South Asia Quarterly report about the shipbreaking industry, presenting the most significant developments.

In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. In total, 127 ships were dismantled worldwide from January until March 2024. 

According to new data released by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 446 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were scrapped in 2023.

In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of accidents that took place on the beaches of South Asia and recent on-the-ground developments NGO aims to inform the public about the negative impacts of substandard shipbreaking practices.

On January 16 2024, two workers lost their lives crushed by a heavy iron plate during the dismantling of a bulk carrier at Dewan Shipbreaking in Gadani, Pakistan.

NGOs Fossielvrij, Protect our Winters, Dryade, CLAW, and Opportunity Green, have launched a legal challenge against the European Commission, requesting it to review its green investment rules on aviation and shipping.

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform published its report Ship Recycling in Turkey: Challenges and Future Direction, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the current challenges faced by the ship recycling sector in Aliağa. 

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s new Ship Recycling Regulation requires a dry dock or equivalent infrastructures for environmentally sound ship recycling.

According to Human Rights Watch and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, several shipping companies send their ships to Bangladesh to be broken up for scrap in yards that endorse inhumane working conditions and release toxic materials to the environment.