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.

- Intentionally sinking the toxic aircraft carrier São Paulo would equate to a state-sponsored environmental crime. https://t.co/efiH9KLVSI8 days ago
- Isiksan and Simsekler ship recycling yards to be axed from the EU list of approved facilities due to non-complia… https://t.co/qwrPN6YPjb39 days ago
- Shrinking cargo volumes in the container sector. We encourage Wan Hai to show true leadership by opting for sustain… https://t.co/EreSbQwowW44 days ago
- RT @EU_ENV: Today, we adopted the European List of ship recycling facilities It contains 45 shipyards from Europe, & , and all larg…45 days ago
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