Brussels, 20 June 2014 – The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a global coalition of environmental, human rights and labour rights organisations working to promote safe and clean ship recycling worldwide, presents its Annual Report 2013.
You are invited to
find out more in our report including:
- a summary of the
Platform’s findings about global shipbreaking trends in 2013, statistics on the
total number of ships dismantled in 2013, when 71% of the global tonnage were
dismantled in South Asia, and 64% of the end-of-life ships broken in South Asia
were owned by shipping companies based in the EU;
- our activities
and campaigns in 2013: the Platform’s Annual General Meeting in Pakistan and a
field visit to the shipbreaking yards, our exposure visit to ship recycling
facilities in China together with South Asian members of the Platform; and
- a presentation of
our new member organisation, CRoLI based in Islamabad, Pakistan, and of our
three new board members, former MEP Robert Evans, Environmental Sciences
Professor Irfan Khan, and Greenpeace India campaigner Ramapati Kumar.
Download the
Platform’s Annual Report 2013 or send us an email if you prefer to order a hard
copy.
CONTACT
Delphine Reuter
Communication
Officer
NGO Shipbreaking
Platform
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