Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #25
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.
Click here or on the image below to access the full version of our quarterly report.

- Worker burnt to death in CTG ship-breaking yard https://t.co/4tZHAD2Q9L15 days ago
- 5 killed, 25 injured in explosion at Ctg steel re-rolling mill https://t.co/WbvieCXzVU21 days ago
- RT @noeL_maS: I mapped @NGOShipbreaking's latest data on where ships went to die in 2022. ➡ In 2018, the EU banned vessels from being…46 days ago
- @DallasEWeaver If you read the press release, you will notice that the problem of marine pollution is related to PCBs! And not asbestos.48 days ago
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