Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #41

Published in May 05th, 2025

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 our South Asian members and their impactful activities.

Brussels, Oct 24th 2022

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #31

Five workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the third quarter of 2022.

Brussels, Oct 13th 2016

Platform News – Investigative journalists catch Maersk red-handed in Alang

Investigative journalists from Danwatch today release their comprehensive report on the reality inside Shree Ram shipbreaking yard in Alang, India, where the Maersk Georgia and Maersk… Read More

Brussels, Jan 21st 2016

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #8

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

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

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Brussels, Oct 11th 2017

Platform News – Atlantic Container Line steaming for sunshine

During the summer, the Swedish-flagged ATLANTIC CARTIER and ATLANTIC CONVEYOR, the two last G3 vessels operated by the Italian Grimaldi Group’s subsidiary Atlantic Container Line (ACL),… Read More

Brussels, Feb 02nd 2026

Press Release – Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2025

321 ships were dismantled globally in 2024, of which 214 ended up in South Asian yards. Bangladesh and India remain the shipping industry’s first choice for scrapping, despite grave consequences for workers, local communities and fragile coastal ecosystems.

Brussels, Apr 18th 2024

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #37

Eight workers suffered an accident on South Asian beaches in the first quarter of 2024.

Brussels, Nov 02nd 2016

Press Release – NGOs denounce dangerous working conditions after major explosion at Gadani shipbreaking yard in Pakistan killing at least 21 workers

A major blast caused by several gas cylinder explosions onboard an oil production and storage tanker, beached at Gadani shipbreaking plot number 56, killed at least 21… Read More