Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #39

Published in October 27th, 2024

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.

One session in this Update focuses specifically on the severe challenges shipbreaking workers encounter regarding their freedom of speech and association.

Brussels, Mar 04th 2024

SAVE THE DATE – 2nd Ship Recycling Lab

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is ready to host its second edition of the Lab on 9 -10 October 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Aliaga, Sep 17th 2021

Press Release – NGOs denounce death toll of shipbreaking and call for an urgent move of the industry to safe and sustainable platforms

In the last weeks, seven workers tragically died while dismantling vessels in Bangladesh and Turkey. Five workers were killed and three severely injured in seven separate… Read More

Brussels, Jun 20th 2018

Platform News – Shipping industry presses to undermine European Ship Recycling Regulation

On Monday, the EU member states’ experts on ship recycling met in Brussels to discuss the latest developments, six months ahead of the application of the 2013… Read More

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.

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Alang, Sep 17th 2019

Press Release – Documentary reveals SBM’s toxic trade of ships in Alang

Dutch multinational SBM Offshore allowed a heavily polluted tanker to be demolished on the beach in 2018.

Brussels, May 31st 2021

Press Release – Pakistani workers poisoned during scrapping of infamous mercury-laden tanker

The tanker J. NAT has been beached on the shipbreaking shores of Gadani, Pakistan despite clear warnings by Interpol and international civil society groups that the vessel contains high levels of toxics.

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

Brussels, Oct 27th 2016

Platform News – Maersk involved in illegal toxic waste trafficking

The Maersk-owned floating oil production and storage tanker, North Sea Producer, left the UK in May 2016 and was directly towed to Bangladesh, where it arrived… Read More