Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #38

Published in July 30th, 2024

Brussels, Feb 13th 2024

Press Release – Union Bay residents still fighting against hazardous shipbreaking

The infamous shipbreaking company DWR persists in scrapping vessels in blatant violation of international and national rules and standards.

Brussels, Mar 18th 2020

Press Release – BBC exposes dirty and dangerous scrapping of oil and gas units in India

A BBC Disclosure production released this week reveals the harm caused by shipbreaking activities in Alang, India.

Brussels, Oct 27th 2024

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #39

Eighteen workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the third quarter of 2024.

Brussels, Jun 07th 2018

Press Release – NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents Annual Report 2017

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents its Annual Report 2017. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform works to ensure that vessels are recycled without causing harm to workers and… Read More

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Brussels, Apr 28th 2016

Press Release – European ship owners on promotional tour in Alang – environmental and human rights activists denied access

Tomorrow, European ship owners, government representatives of France, Germany and Belgium, and the European Commission will visit the Alang shipbreaking yards. Despite several indications that NGOs, including… Read More

Brussels, Jul 04th 2023

Press Release – NGOs warn that Hong Kong Convention will fail to ensure sustainable ship recycling

Treaty to continue toxic business-as-usual on the  Beaches of South Asia while undermining efforts for reform.

Brussels, Nov 15th 2018

Platform News – Greenpeace regrets beaching of Rongdhonu (ex Rainbow Warrior II)

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform regrets that the Rongdhonu, former Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior II, has been sold for scrapping on the beaches of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Greenpeace International had… Read More

Brussels, Feb 02nd 2021

Press Release – Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2020

630 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2020. Of these vessels, 446 were broken down on South Asian beaches, amounting to near 90% of the gross tonnage dismantled globally.