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Platform News – Clean Shipping Coalition: Maersk undermines its reputation with plan to circumvent ship recycling law
The Clean Shipping Coalition criticises container ship giant Maersk for its statement that is considers to flag out end-of-life vessels from the Danish or other European registries… Read More
Published in June 08th, 2016
Platform News – Norway’s largest Pension Fund highlights human rights and environmental risks related to shipbreaking in South Asia
KLP, Norway’s largest pension fund [1], commissioned the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI) [2] to write a report on the human rights and environmental risks related… Read More
Published in June 01st, 2016
Platform News – NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents Annual Report 2015
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents its Annual Report 2015. Check the new Annual Report to find out more about: - our findings about global shipbreaking practices in 2015,… Read More
Published in May 31st, 2016
Platform News – UN Special Rapporteur concerned about German shipbreaking practices
In a written submission to the German Government, UN Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak has expressed serious concerns related to the substandard shipbreaking practices of German ship owners,… Read More
Published in May 26th, 2016
Platform News – Indian NGOs voice concerns as ship owners promote beaching
Indian NGOs voice serious concerns regarding the beaching of end-of-life vessels in Alang in reaction to the recent visit to the Alang shipbreaking yards organised by ECSA… Read More
Published in May 12th, 2016
Platform News – Shooting and fatal accidents at Kabir shipbreaking: Belgian ship owner CMB, Greek Kanellakis Group and Standard Chartered linked
Standard Chartered Bank, Belgian ship owner CMB / Bocimar as well as the Greek Kanellakis Group are linked to Kabir Steel, a Bangladeshi shipbreaking yard and re-rolling… Read More
Published in May 09th, 2016
Press Release – European ship owners on promotional tour in Alang – environmental and human rights activists denied access
Tomorrow, European ship owners, government representatives of France, Germany and Belgium, and the European Commission will visit the Alang shipbreaking yards. Despite several indications that NGOs, including… Read More
Published in April 28th, 2016
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #9
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes today the ninth South Asia Quarterly Update, a briefing paper in which it informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and… Read More
Published in April 27th, 2016
Press Release – Bangladesh High Court issues contempt rule against 14 Government Officials: ministries and shipbreakers asked to account for non-compliance with 2009 judgement
The Bangladesh High Court yesterday issued a contempt rule asking 14 Government officials and the president of the Bangladesh Ship Breakers Association (BSBA) to explain why they… Read More
Published in April 12th, 2016
Platform News – European Union sets a global standard for sustainable ship recycling: NGOs call on shipping companies to use EU approved yards
Today, the European Commission (EC) publishes technical guidance for ship recycling facilities that want to be approved under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation. The European Union (EU)… Read More
Published in April 12th, 2016