Tag: NGO ShipBreaking Platform

Another passenger ship is heading towards the shipbreaking beaches of South Asia, says the NGO Shipbreaking platform, in clear violation of European rules that aim to prevent the trade of toxic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries.

A fatal accident recently took place at the ship recycling yards of Aliağa, Turkey. On 12 July, two workers were onboard the cruise ship Carnival Inspiration when they were suddenly caught by flames.

A ship recycling worker lost his life, while three more were injured after an explosion in Sitakunda, Bangladesh.

Pakistani authorities have suspended dismantling operations of the Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) tanker J. NAT in Gadani, over concerns of mercury-contaminated oil sludge onboard which injured several shibreaking workers. 

A total of 155 ships were sold to South Asian shipbreaking beaches in the first quarter of 2021, where a total of nine workers lost their lives, latest figures by NGO Shipbreaking Platform reveal. 

Two workers have lost their lives at two separate Turkish ship recycling yards in the last four months, data provided by NGO Shipbreaking Platform suggests. Both yards are included in the EU List of approved ship recycling facilities, so the Platform called on EU to investigate both. 

According to the new data published by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 630 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2020, out of which 446 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships were broken down on three beaches in South Asia, amounting to near 90% of the gross tonnage dismantled globally.

In its quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

A 54-year-old Norwegian shipowner has been sentenced to six months in prison for providing assistance in the controversial demolition export of the ship Eide Carrier (later renamed Tide Carrier, Harrier). The shipowner was charged with complicity in waste exports in violation of the Pollution Control Act.

A total of 170 ships were broken in the third quarter of 2020 and 110 of these were sold to the beaches of South Asia, where shipbreaking activities continued to put workers’ lives at risk, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, latest data by NGO Shipbreaking Platform reveals.