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, including an overview of developments on the ground and statistics on the total number of ships dismantled in 2015;
- our activities and campaigns in 2015, including our policy campaign aimed at creating a legal framework that ensures the growth of clean and safe ship recycling globally; our corporate campaign calling upon ship owners, cargo owners, ship financers and recyclers to commit to sustainable ship recycling; and our work in the shipbreaking countries where there is a need for strengthened regulation and implementation of existing legislation to protect the workers and the environment;
- our wide outreach in the press and on social media;
- latest organisational developments.

Download the Platform’s Annual Report 2015 here, or send us an email to order a hard copy.

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