NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 94 ships dismantled from April to June 2024
NGO Shipbreaking Platform has released the second South Asia Quarterly report about the shipbreaking industry, presenting the most significant developments.
Read moreNGO Shipbreaking Platform has released the second South Asia Quarterly report about the shipbreaking industry, presenting the most significant developments.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreAccording to new data released by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 446 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were scrapped in 2023.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreNGOs 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s new Ship Recycling Regulation requires a dry dock or equivalent infrastructures for environmentally sound ship recycling.
Read moreAccording 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.
Read moreNGOs warn that Hong Kong Convention requirements fall short of ensuring ethical, safe and environmentally sound ship recycling and risk undermining existing laws and efforts to reform the sector’s dangerous and polluting practices.
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