Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #34

Published in August 14th, 2023

Brussels, Oct 18th 2021

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #27

Nineteen workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the third quarter of 2021.

Brussels, Sep 24th 2018

Press Release – Europe has capacity to recycle its ships, new data shows – yet shipowners want to use dangerous, polluting yards abroad

Ship recycling yards approved by the EU will have enough capacity to handle demand from EU-flagged ships that need to be scrapped, a new analysis shows. The… Read More

Chattogram, Jul 24th 2019

Press Release – Worker dies at Kabir Steel’s shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh

Kabir Steel and Evergreen linked to worker’s death in Bangladesh.

Brussels, Apr 06th 2017

Press Release – Controversial Tide Carrier under arrest in Norway

After having been informed by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform and its member organisation Bellona that the TIDE CARRIER (now named HARRIER, aka EIDE CARRIER) had been… Read More

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Brussels, Nov 19th 2019

Press Release – NGOs win FPSO North Sea Producer case

On 14 November the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared the import, beaching and breaking of the infamous FPSO North Sea Producer… Read More

Brussels, Jan 10th 2017

Platform News – Fire on Greek ship raises death toll in Pakistan

Five more shipbreaking workers were killed and one injured in yet another fire that took place in the shipbreaking yards of Gadani, Pakistan, yesterday morning. The… Read More

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, Dec 10th 2019

Press Release – Conditions of shipbreaking workers in India remain appalling

The New Indian Express reveals that conditions for the shipbreaking workers at the beach of Alang, India, have not improved.