India’s
Ministry of Shipping has announced it will sponsor a new safety training
program for ship recycling workers at Alang.
As part of
its Coastal Community Development Program, the Ministry of Shipping has
sanctioned a first payment to the Gujarat Maritime Board for capacity building
and safety training of 20,000 workers involved in ship recycling activities at
the region’s largest yard.
The news
comes a day after at least 16 workers were killed and 58 wounded in an
explosion at the Gadani shipbreaking yard near Karachi, Pakistan. A fuel tank
exploded inside of a tanker that was being scrapped on the beach at Gadani.
The Indian
Ministry of Shipping states that due to the accident prone nature of ship
breaking, the Gujarat Maritime Board has been running an indigenous Safety
Training and Labour Welfare Institute at Alang for the last 12 years. However,
with the increased volume of ship recycling over last decade, and to bring the
training standards at par with the international regulations, it has become
necessary to upgrade the existing training standards. As a result, a new
training module has been proposed for occupational health and safety.
Around 350
ships are recycled each year in India.
Source: maritime-executive. 02 November 2016
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