Brussels, 16 October
2015 - The NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes today the seventh South Asia
Quarterly Update, a briefing paper in which it informs about the shipbreaking
industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Providing an overview of vessels broken
on the beaches of South Asia, accidents, recent on-the-ground, legislative and
political developments including our activities in South Asia we aim to inform
the public about the negative impacts of substandard shipbreaking practices as
well as positive steps aimed at the realisation of environmental justice and
the protection of workers’ rights.
In this edition you can
read about the Pakistan government’s plans to clean up Gadani; that two Indian
yards have received certification from a Japanese classification society for
being compliant with the requirements of the Hong Kong Convention; and that the
Norwegian Shipowners’ Association has adopted a position against substandard
shipbreaking practices. 166 large commercial vessels were sold for breaking in
the third quarter of 2015, 78 of these were beached in South Asia. Three major
accidents due to gas explosions killed five workers and severely injured ten,
bringing the total death toll this year in Bangladesh to 12.
Source:
NGO Shipbreaking Platform.
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