Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #29

Published in April 20th, 2022

Brussels, Jan 14th 2021

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #24

Five workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the last quarter of 2020.

Brussels, Apr 27th 2018

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #15

There were a total of 206 ships broken in the first quarter of 2018. Of these, 152 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for… Read More

Aliaga, Jul 27th 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

Brussels, Feb 01st 2024

Press Release – Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2023

In 2023, 325 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships ended up for dirty and dangerous breaking on beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

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Sep 17th 2024

Bangladesh: shipping firms profit from labour abuse

A new report released by Human Rights Watch and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform uncovers the human and environmental costs of shipbreaking in Bangladesh.

Brussels, May 16th 2017

Platform News – NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents Annual Report 2016

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents its Annual Report 2016. Last year, at least 52 workers lost their lives on the shipbreaking beaches in South Asia. The… Read More

Brussels, Aug 30th 2022

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #30

Fourteen workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the second quarter of 2022.

Brussels, Oct 15th 2019

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #20

There were a total of 122 ships broken in the third quarter of 2019. Of these, 73 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking.