Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #36

Published in January 25th, 2024

Brussels, Apr 04th 2016

Platform News – Violence reaches new level: shipbreaking yard’s private security personnel fire shots and injure seven people

In the morning of 28 March, shipbreaking worker Sumon was killed on a private road inside Kabir Steel yard located North of Bangladesh’s major port city, Chittagong…. Read More

Brussels, Nov 09th 2017

Press Release – One year later and no lessons learned at gadani as Aces is set aflame – again!

Shipbreaking plot no. 54 in Gadani, Pakistan, was sealed off yesterday after a massive fire broke out on-board the ship ACES (IMO 8021830). This is the same… Read More

Brussels, Apr 28th 2021

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #25

Nine workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the first quarter of 2021.

Brussels, Aug 10th 2016

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #10

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes today the tenth South Asia Quarterly Update, a briefing paper in which it informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and… Read More

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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 18th 2024

Press Release – Bangladesh: ship explosion exposes regulatory failures 

Deadly accident in a yard with Hong Kong Convention certification  claims six lives.

Brussels, Oct 19th 2017

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #14

There were a total of 227 ships broken in the third quarter of 2017. Of these, 124 ships ended up on beaches in South Asia for dirty… Read More

Brussels, Oct 10th 2022

Platform News – Prison sentence for attempted illegal export of the Harrier reveals reckless actions by all parties involved

The judgment, now available in English, provides shocking insights into the role played by all parties involved in the sale and transport of the end-of-life vessel.