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Monday, June 6, 2022
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Shipping

Shipbreaking Watchdog Calls Out Bangladeshi Shipbreaker Over Accidents

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is drawing attention to a recent spate of accidents at Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards owned by Kabir Steel Re-Rolling Mills

June 6, 2022
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Monday, September 20, 2021
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Shipping

Seven Shipbreaking Workers Killed in Accidents in Bangladesh, Turkey -NGO

A string of accidents at Bangladesh’s infamous shipbreaking beach killed five workers in August, raising the annual death toll dramatically, NGO

September 20, 2021
Total Views: 3632

Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Cruise Ship Decommissioning
Accidents

Report: Two Killed Dismantling Carnival Cruise Ship in Turkey

Two workers at a Turkish shipbreaking yard have died following an accident dismantling a Carnival cruise ship, according to an industry watchdog. The NGO

July 27, 2021
Total Views: 6685

Friday, February 7, 2020
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Maritime News

Evergreen Line Defends Shipbreaking Practices

Editor’s note: Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen has responded to our report on the NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s recently published list of ships

February 7, 2020
Total Views: 133

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
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Maritime News

Shipping Industry Continues to Favor South Asia Beaches for Shipbreaking

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,

February 4, 2020
Total Views: 337

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Maritime News

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

January 15, 2020
Total Views: 346

Tuesday, September 3, 2019
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Maritime News

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

September 3, 2019
Total Views: 329

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
shipbreaking scrapping chittagong
Maritime News

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

May 15, 2019
Total Views: 156

Wednesday, April 10, 2019
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Maritime News

NGO Shipbreaking Platform Counts 142 Ships Sent to South Asia Beaches in First Three Months of 2019

There were a total of 181 ships scrapped in the first quarter of 2019, including 142 ships broken up in South Asia using the controversial beaching method,

April 10, 2019
Total Views: 32

Monday, February 18, 2019
shipbreaking scrapping chittagong
Maritime News

Two Workers Killed Scrapping Tanker in Chittagong

Two workers were killed Monday in a fire that started in the engine room of an end-of-life tanker being dismantled at a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong,

February 18, 2019
Total Views: 65

Thursday, January 31, 2019
ship breaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Interesting

NGO Shipbreaking Platform: Record-Breaking 90% of End-of-Life Tonnage Scrapped on South Asian Beaches in 2018

A total 744 large ocean-going commercial vessels were sold to scrap yards in 2018, of which 518 were broken down on beaching yards in Bangladesh, India and

January 31, 2019
Total Views: 80
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