NGO Shipbreaking Platform reports record-breaking number of fatalities on the beach of Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Category: Shipbreaking
Shipbreaking in Turkey results in two deaths
Press Release Tuesday 27 July 2021 LONDON.UK. HRAS partner, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform reported today that another fatal accident recently took place at the ship recycling yards of Aliağa, Turkey. On 12 July, Yılmaz Demir (55 years old) and Oğuz Taşkın (30 years old) were onboard the cruise ship CARNIVAL INSPIRATION when they were suddenly caught by flames. Yılmaz died...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes the list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2020
Today the NGO Shipbreaking Platform published the list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2020. According to the Platform, 630 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2020.
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Report
Press Release Friday 30 October 2020 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has published its third quarterly update for 2020. The Platform reports that there were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Greek ship owners sold the most ships to South Asian yards, closely followed by Japanese, Russian and South Korean owners. Specifically,...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes list of ships dismantled Worldwide in 2019
Press Release Tuesday 4 February 2020 LONDON.UK. According to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2019. Of these vessels, 469 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships were broken down on only three beaches in Bangladesh,...
Bangladesh Supreme Court denounces illegalities and lack of transparency in shipbreaking sector
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 illegal. The judgment was issued in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by NGO Shipbreaking Platform member organisation Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA). The Court further noted with dismay the incessant violations of national and international laws by the shipbreaking industry, and passed several directions upon the government to regulate the sector in line with earlier rulings.
NGO Shipbreaking Platform Publishes South Asia Quarterly Update 19
Press Release Monday 8th of July 2019 London.UK. “There were a total of 193 ships broken in the second quarter of 2019. Of these, 146 ships were sold to the infamous scrapping beaches of South Asia, where working conditions are known to be dire and breaking practices cause irreparable damage to the coastal environment [1]. Between April and...
Bangladesh shipbreaking yard explosion kills two workers and severely injures five
Press Release Wednesday 15 June 2019 Reproduction from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform Press Release. ‘A loud blast in the early morning shook the Chittagong shipbreaking area. At around 8:30 AM, a fire broke out on board the vessel BUNGA KELANA 4 (IMO 9178343), beached at Mahinur Ship Breaking yard. The flames spread from abandoned...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #18
Press Release Thursday 11 March 2019 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking platform and Supporting Entity of Human Rights at Sea publishes its South Asia Quarterly Update #18. Update Report There were a total of 181 ships broken in the first quarter of 2019. Of these, 142 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia where...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update
Press Release July 2018 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has just published its South Asia Quarterly update for 2018. There were a total of 220 ships broken in the second quarter of 2018. Of these, 169 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking. Between April and June, 6 workers...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform Publishes Annual Report 2017
Press Release Friday 8th June 2018 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform published yesterday its Annual Report for 2017. Each year the NGO Shipbreaking Platform collects data and publishes an annual list of ships dismantled worldwide. In 2017, 835 vessels were dismantled. 543 of these ships were sold for dirty and dangerous breaking on the beach-es of...
Update on Shipbreaking in South Asia from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform
Press Release 1st of May 2018 Brussels. There were a total of 206 ships broken in the first quarter of 2018. Of these, 152 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking. So far this year, 10 workers have lost their lives and 2 workers have been severely injured...
Press Release – NGO Responds to Legal Threats by Shipbreaking Industry and Withdraws from Industry Conference
Press Release 7 March 2018 Hamburg, 7 March 2018 –The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has just issued a press release announcing its decision to withdraw from the TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum that starts today in Hamburg following legal threats from the ship-breaking industry. Read below the press release of the NGO: On Monday, the NGO...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform Publishes List of Ships Dismantled Worldwide Revealing Human Rights Abuses
PRESS RELEASE 20 January 2018 Brussels, 20 January 2018. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes today its list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2017 in tidal beaches of South East Asia revealing the shipping industry’s irresponsible shipbreaking practices and a series of human rights and labour abuses, including loss of life, at shipbreaking yards. 543...
Surge of fatal accidents in Chittagong
10 shipbreaking workers killed or severely injured in one month only Brussels, 27 June 2016 – At least five shipbreaking workers have been killed and five more severely injured in a series of fatal accidents in Bangladesh in one month only. On 23 May, 21-year old Rubel died at Seiko Steel shipbreaking yard when he...
