Tag: shipbreaking

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.

As European owners try to find EU compliant ship recycling facilities, International Shipbreaking Ltd (ISL) in the US has completed processing its vessel from the region.

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

Sea Sentinels claims that ECSA supports "a controversial proposed amendment to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation that would effectively make it possible to recycle EU-flagged ships at non-OECD shipbreaking facilities in South Asia."

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.