Belgian Public Prosecutor appeals acquittal of CMB’s subsidiary Bocimar NV On 25 June, the Court of Antwerp dismissed the charges pressed against ship owner Bocimar NV for the scrapping of a…
Sale of asbestos-laden aircraft carrier São Paulo raises concerns The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, Basel Action Network (BAN), BAN Asbestos France, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), İstanbul Isig Meclisi and Brazilian…
Pakistani workers poisoned during scrapping of infamous mercury-laden tanker The Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) tanker J. NAT has been beached on the shipbreaking shores of Gadani, Pakistan despite clear…
Parliamentary event on: “EU Ship Recycling Rules: carrot, stick or illusion?” On May 5, MEP Jens Gieseke (Transport committee/EPP) and MEP Søren Gade (Chair of EP India Delegation/Renew) co-hosted an event…
NGOs call upon authorities to sanction illegal exports of cruises The cruise sector has been severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many ship owners forced to file bankruptcy or…
CORRECTION UPDATE – Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2020 UPDATE 10 February 2021 Teekay Corporation informed us that five ships (i.e. Aegean Leader, Petrojarl Cidade de Rio…
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #24 In this quarterly publication, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview…
Protecting watchdogs across the EU: proposal for an EU anti-SLAPP law A coalition of non-governmental organisations from across Europe has been working over the past years to raise awareness and…
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #23 There were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Of these, 110 ships were sold to the beaches…
NGOs call EU’s intent to export toxic ships to developing countries illegal and contrary to aims of Green Deal Brussels, 23 September 2020 – The Basel Action Network (BAN), the European…
NGO Shipbreaking Platform awarded grant by Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd’s Register Foundation We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant by the Royal Academy…
NGO Shipbreaking Platform presents Impact Report 2018/2019 These past two years the Platform has won support for sustainable ship recycling in the financial sector while raising the stakes for ship…
NGOs distribute emergency food to shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh The current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting workers globally, including those employed in the shipbreaking sector. In Bangladesh, authorities have imposed strict…
Conditions of shipbreaking workers in India remain appalling Local authorities fail in enforcing national labour laws Today, The Indian Express reveals that conditions for the shipbreaking workers at the beach of Alang,…
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #18 There were a total of 181 ships broken in the first quarter of 2019. Of these, 142 ships were sold to the beaches…
Brussels, 22 January 2019 – Belgian journalist Gie Goris, Editor in Chief of MO* Magazine, and Nicola Mulinaris, Communication and Policy Officer of the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, received Public Eye’s…
Brussels, 20 January 2019 – Dutch ship owner Holland Maas Scheepvaart Beheer II BV has been fined 780.000 EUR and paid a settlement of 2.2 million EUR – totaling to a price…
NGOs call for the relocation of the industry to facilities equipped for safe and clean recycling Brussels/Islamabad, 19 October 2018 – On 11 October a tanker caught fire at the Gadani…
Brussels, 17 October 2018 – There were a total of 113 ships broken in the third quarter of 2018. Of these, 79 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia…
Brussels, 25 July 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…
Brussels, 4 May 2018 – In Chittagong, Bangladesh, on the International Labour Day of 1 May, the Platform member organisation YPSA brought together shipbreaking workers for a demonstration to claim…
Brussels, 27 April 2018 – 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…
Hamburg, 7 March 2018 – On Monday, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, an international coalition of labour, human rights and environmental organisations, withdrew their participation from the TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum that starts today…
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…
Brussels, 10 March 2017 – Five European ship recycling yards announced yesterday that they have joined forces to effectively raise awareness of existing best practice and the fact that there…