Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #38

Published in July 30th, 2024

Brussels, Aug 14th 2023

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #34

Seven workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the second quarter of 2023.

Brussels, Jun 20th 2018

Platform News – Shipping industry presses to undermine European Ship Recycling Regulation

On Monday, the EU member states’ experts on ship recycling met in Brussels to discuss the latest developments, six months ahead of the application of the 2013… Read More

Brussels, May 18th 2017

Platform News – Worker killed when breaking the Hanjin Rome

Two workers lost their lives at the Chittagong shipbreaking yards in the last two weeks, bringing the total death toll this year to six workers. … Read More

Brussels, Dec 06th 2017

Press Release – Surge in number of accidents in Bangladesh shipbreaking yards

UPDATE PHP shipbreaking yard informed the Platform on 26 January 2018 of the following: The death of worker Harun Rashid, whose body was found in a… Read More

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Brussels, Oct 27th 2025

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #43

Fifteen workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the third quarter of 2025.

Jan 22nd 2019

Where ships go to die – Winner of the Public Eye Investigation Award

Decommissioned deep-sea vessels are floating toxic waste. Their disposal is laborious and costly, and regarded as a menace by those who want to protect both the workers… Read More

Brussels, Oct 27th 2024

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #39

Eighteen workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the third quarter of 2024.

Chattogram, Jul 24th 2019

Press Release – Worker dies at Kabir Steel’s shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh

Kabir Steel and Evergreen linked to worker’s death in Bangladesh.