Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #24

Published in January 14th, 2021

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 the beaches of South Asia and recent on-the-ground developments, including our activities, we aim to inform the public about the negative impacts of substandard shipbreaking practices as well as positive steps aimed at the realisation of environmental justice and the protection of workers’ rights.

Our annual list of ships scrapped worldwide will be released in a couple of weeks.

Gadani #shipbreaking workers demand: ✍️an increase the basic wages of all workers by 50pc; ✍️registration with soc… https://t.co/SXbjgjiWHf4 days ago
RT @odmanasli: This is how a ship w. asbestos is NOW being dismantled in #Aliağa/TR Shiprecycling Area #KılıçlarShipyard, with workers from…8 days ago
Grateful for the opportunity to present the advocacy work of the @NGOShipbreaking and the future vision for a gree… https://t.co/mRNjpLNQXs11 days ago
RT @odmanasli: Another fatal workplace 'accident' in a EU-certified shoprecycling yard in #Aliağa #Turkey. Reasons of the so-called acciden…18 days ago

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