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Platform News – Platform launches fundraising campaign for afflicted workers
More than 70 percent of end-of-life vessels end up in South Asia, where they are broken down under rudimentary conditions on the beaches of Alang-Sosiya in India,… Read More
Published in November 30th, 2021
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #27
In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of accidents that took place on… Read More
Published in October 18th, 2021
Press Release – Record-breaking number of fatalities on the beach of Chattogram
At least seven workers lost their lives while scrapping vessels on the beach of Chattogram in what is the worst quarter in terms of number of accidents… Read More
Published in October 05th, 2021
Platform News – Platform’s member organisation LIFE wins 2021 Right Livelihood Award
We are pleased to announce that our Indian member organisation Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) has been awarded the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, also known… Read More
Published in September 30th, 2021
Press Release – NGOs denounce death toll of shipbreaking and call for an urgent move of the industry to safe and sustainable platforms
In the last weeks, seven workers tragically died while dismantling vessels in Bangladesh and Turkey. Five workers were killed and three severely injured in seven separate… Read More
Published in September 17th, 2021
Press Release – NGOs urge Greece and Bangladesh to stop illegal beaching of ferry
Yet another passenger ship is heading towards the shipbreaking beaches of South Asia, in clear violation of European rules that are aimed at preventing the trade of… Read More
Published in August 25th, 2021
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #26
In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of accidents that took place on… Read More
Published in August 10th, 2021
Press Release – Two workers die while scrapping cruise ship in Turkey
Yet another fatal accident recently took place at the ship recycling yards of Aliağa, Turkey. On 12 July, Yılmaz Demir (55 years old) and Oğuz Taşkın (30 years… Read More
Published in July 27th, 2021
Press Release – Belgian Public Prosecutor appeals acquittal of CMB’s subsidiary Bocimar NV
On 25 June, the Court of Antwerp dismissed the charges pressed against ship owner Bocimar NV for the scrapping of a vessel in a Bangladeshi yard where… Read More
Published in July 20th, 2021
Press Release – Sale of asbestos-laden aircraft carrier São Paulo raises concerns
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, Basel Action Network (BAN), BAN Asbestos France, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), İstanbul Isig Meclisi and Brazilian ABREA have alerted the Turkish Ministry… Read More
Published in June 23rd, 2021
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