Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #26
Platform News – ECSA’s Alang report turns a blind eye on problems of beaching method
The European Community Shipowners’ Association’s (ECSA) has published a report on their visit to the Alang shipbreaking yards in India last April. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform criticises… Read More
Press Release – Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2020
630 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2020. Of these vessels, 446 were broken down on South Asian beaches, amounting to near 90% of the gross tonnage dismantled globally.
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Press Release – Norwegian Altera Infrastructure avoids trial by accepting fine for illegal shipbreaking
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform welcomes the NOK 8 million fine imposed on Norwegian ship management company Altera Infrastructure for the illegal scrapping of the two shuttle tankers NAVION BRITANNIA… Read More
Press Release – Danish opposition parties call on Government to stop beaching of Maersk vessels
The Danish Environment Minister, Esben Lunde Larsen, had to answer to the Parliament yesterday following questions put to the Government by all the opposition parties. The… Read More
