Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com Editor's note: Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen has responded to our report on the NGO Shipbreaking Platform's recently published list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2019, which called out Evergreen specifically over its shipbreaking practices. Evergreen Line's response is published in full below. Evergreen Line once … [Read more...]
Shipping Industry Continues to Favor South Asia Beaches for Shipbreaking
File Photo: Katiekk / Shutterstock A total of 674 ocean-going ships and offshore vessels were dismantled worldwide in 2019, with the vast majority broken down on the beaches of Bangladesh, Indian, and Pakistan, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform said in its yearly report. According to new data released by the group, among the 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units … [Read more...]
ClassNK Certifies Bangladesh Ship Recycling Yard with Hong Kong Convention Compliance
Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK has issued a Statement of Compliance to a ship recycling facility in Chittagong, Bangladesh, verifying that the yard is in line with Hong Kong Convention for safe and environmentally friendly recycling of ships. The Statement of Compliance, awarded to PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries, is the first issued by ClassNK to a … [Read more...]
Two Workers Killed, Thirteen Injured Demolishing CSL Virginia in Bangladesh -Report
Two workers were killed and thirteen others were injured in an accident at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh. The accident took place Saturday at the Ziri Subedar shipbreaking yard in Chattogram when a heavy cable collapsed, hitting several workers involved in the demolition of the former CSL VIRGINIA, according to the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. The injured were taken to a … [Read more...]
NGO: Two Workers Killed, Five Severely Injured in Explosion at Chittagong Shipbreaking Yard
Two yard workers have died and five others were severely injured this morning in a major explosion on board beached vessel at a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, according to the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. The Platform said the blast took place during torch-cutting on board the vessel Bunga Kelana 4, which is being dismantled at the Mahinur Ship Breaking yard, … [Read more...]