Tag: NGO ShipBreaking Platform

After news that a ship containing high amounts of toxic substances will be dismantled in Union Bay, Stand.earth, Georgia Strait Alliance, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform and the Basel Action Network (BAN) call upon B.C. federal, provincial and local competent bodies to stop the shipbreaking activities conducted by Deep Water Recovery LTD (DWR) at Union Bay.

Bangladesh’s Kabir Group has rejected claims made by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform regarding an increase in accidents at its breaking yards.

Since the beginning of 2022, out of the eighteen accidents that shook the Bangladeshi shipbreaking industry, six have taken place at yards owned by Kabir Steel Re-Rolling Mills (KSRM), says NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about an incident where a worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit Cidade de Sao Vicente. 

NGO Shipbreaking Platform published its South Asia Quarterly Update regarding the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

An Appeal Court in the Norwegian city of Bergen, has confirmed the prison sentence for Norwegian ship owner, for aiding and abetting the attempt to export the ship Tide Carrier, aka Eide Carrier and Harrier, to Pakistan for scrapping.

According to new data released by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 763 ocean-going commercial ships and floating offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2021.

EU-flagged vessels intended to be scrapped whilst under EU jurisdiction, are no longer exempted from EU waste laws.

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform issued its quarterly publication to inform about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

At least seven workers lost their lives while scrapping vessels on the beach of Chattogram in what is the worst quarter in terms of number of accidents in Bangladeshi shipbreaking history.