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Press Release – Toxic warship “Clemenceau II” starts voyage from Brazil to the Mediterranean Sea
Reports from Rio de Janeiro confirm that the sister ship of the infamous aircraft carrier Clemenceau has now been placed under tow on an about 6000-mile journey to Turkey, where it is to be scrapped.
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Press Release – Surge of accidents at yards owned by Kabir Group in Bangladesh
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).
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Press Release – Fatal accident at Alang yard during cutting of BW Offshore vessel
A worker died while scrapping FPSO Cidade de Sao Vicente at Indian beaching yard Priya Blue on 21 April.
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Platform News – SAVE THE DATE: Ship Recycling Lab on 20-21 September in Rotterdam
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform invites you to attend the conference Ship Recycling Lab on 20-21 September in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
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Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #29
Thirteen workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the first quarter of 2022.
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Press Release – Appeal Court confirms prison sentence for Norwegian ship owner
According to the Appeal Court, having sold the vessel to a middle man and not directly to a beaching yard does not provide for exempting the ship owner from being held liable for having committed an environmental crime.
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Press Release – Ship recycling workers’ protest shakes Aliaga
Around 1500 workers are claiming that they do not earn enough money.
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Press Release – Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2021
763 ocean-going commercial ships and floating offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2021. Of these, 583 ended up on the beaches of South Asia, amounting to near the totality of the gross tonnage dismantled globally.
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