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Shipbreaking Monthly: European Parliament adopts the Omnibus I deregulation package
10 Jan 2026 00:56 GMT
… ship recycling
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, joined by … partners for fruitful discussions!
Shipbreaking: Inside the World’s … and a risky investigation in Bangladesh, are changes finally coming … talk about the dangerous shipbreaking on Indian, Bangladeshi, …
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Pakistan has the third-largest ship-breaking industry in the world. Could new compliance measures make it number one?
09 Jan 2026 22:14 GMT
… in the Gadani shipbreaking yard, recently obtained … countries with poor shipbreaking infrastructure and practices. … first.
Shipbreaking In Pakistan:
Pakistan’s shipbreaking industry is … , Bangladesh and India, the other two major shipbreaking countries …
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Tragic Shipbreaking Accident Claims Two Lives in Chattogram
06 Jan 2026 12:57 GMT
… disrupt supply chain
The shipbreaking industry in Chattogram … annual report of the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies. … and enhanced oversight in shipbreaking yards has become increasingly … ongoing challenges faced by shipbreaking workers in Chattogram.
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2 shipbreaking workers found dead in Sitakunda
06 Jan 2026 08:52 GMT
… from the coast near a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram… Tapan Dutta, convener of the Shipbreaking Workers Trade Union Forum, said … to the annual report of Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies, … in Sitakunda's shipbreaking yards in 2025, resulting …
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Alang Shipbreaking Yard Sees Significant Increase in End-of-Life Ships in 2025
05 Jan 2026 21:54 GMT
… expressed concerns that the shipbreaking industry has not seen … , resulting in historically low shipbreaking activities.
India’s Advantage … to only 19 in Bangladesh and just one in Pakistan … options.
Gujarat’s Alang ship-breaking yard hits all-time low …
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Two shipbreaking workers found dead on Sitakunda coastline
05 Jan 2026 11:37 GMT
The bodies of two workers were recovered early today from the coastline near a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda of Chattogram.
The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam and Abdul Khalek, both workers of KR Ship Recycling Yard.
Their bodies were recovered …
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Shipbreaking deaths fall sharply in 2025, but accidents remain widespread: BILS
22 Dec 2025 16:57 GMT
Worker fatalities in Bangladesh's shipbreaking sector dropped to … frontline manual workers in shipbreaking yards.
Serious accidents … and deaths in the shipbreaking industry.
Tapan Dutta, … convener of the Shipbreaking Workers Trade Union Forum …
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India’s Alang ship-breaking yard faces sharp decline
19 Dec 2025 07:04 GMT
… decade. Of the 153 ship-breaking plots developed along its 10 … , while competing yards in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Türkiye saw … Convention (HKC) in 2019, ship-breaking yards were required to invest … compared with $540–550 in Bangladesh and $525–530 in Pakistan …
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Op-Ed: Bangladesh Can Redefine the Standards for Ship Recycling
15 Dec 2025 09:35 GMT
… . More importantly, Bangladesh possessed significant diplomatic … Pakistan, though active in shipbreaking, lacked specialized legislation, … technologies. Third, Bangladesh must actively negotiate … confidence. Finally, Bangladesh should coordinate regionally …
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Alang’s Ship-Breaking Industry Faces Decline
15 Dec 2025 08:47 GMT
… this decline extend beyond the ship-breaking industry, impacting local businesses that … compete with neighboring countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan, where shipowners are … that once thrived on the ship-breaking ecosystem are now struggling. Shops …