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Global Shipbreaking Report Highlights Safety Concerns in South Asia
04 Feb 2026 06:16 GMT
… the preferred choices for shipbreaking. The report underscores … in shipbreaking yards.
Regulatory Challenges and Environmental Concerns
Bangladesh … creating a parallel shipbreaking economy where safety … Practices
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform advocates for …
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Shipbreaking Industry’s Environmental and Human Toll in Bangladesh
03 Feb 2026 00:11 GMT
… region of Sitakunda, Bangladesh, witnesses the dramatic … Environmental Damage
The shipbreaking process poses severe … environmental fallout from shipbreaking activities.
Shipbreaking goes green: What … opaque. In Bangladesh, only 17 shipbreaking yards have been …
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It’s got tigers, tea plantations and beaches — so why does Bangladesh struggle to attract tourists?
16 Jan 2026 05:36 GMT
… international tour operators adding Bangladesh to their itineraries, … a British tourist, visited Bangladesh with adventure tour company … to visit Dhaka’s shipbreaking and repair yards, explored … Like Patel, Joyce believes Bangladesh is widely misunderstood.
“I …
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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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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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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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Shipbreaking workers' union demand Tk 36,000 minimum wage
13 Dec 2025 12:03 GMT
Shipbreaking workers have demanded a minimum … working conditions in one of Bangladesh's riskiest industries.
The … press conference organised by the Shipbreaking Workers' Trade Union Forum …