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Two Korean shipping firms were world’s worst shipbreaking dumpers in 2020: NGO Two South Korean shipping companies have won the dubious distinction of being named the world’s worst shipbreaking dumpers in 2020, as they breached global safety standards causing injuries and even the deaths of workers in developing countries in South Asia as they dismantled toxic end-of-life ships on beaches instead of safer shipbreaking yards, a non-government organization revealed Feb. 2. The export of end-o...

630 Ships Sent for Demolition During 2020 According to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 630 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2020. Of these vessels, 446 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships were broken down on three beaches in South Asia, amounting to near 90% of the gross tonnage dismantled globally. Ships are considered hazardous waste under international environmental law as they contain...

Posted : 2021-02-03 19:42 Updated : 2021-02-04 09:25 Shipbreaking Platform revealed June 22, 2020, that, during an illegal night shift at Jumuna Ship Breakers yard in Bangladesh, Abdul Halim, 24, was hit by an iron bar in the stomach and seriously injured aboard the Stellar Knight owned by Polaris Shipping. Courtesy of Shipbreaking Platforms Twitter By Ko Dong-hwan Two South Korean shipping companies have won the dubious distinction of being named the worlds worst shipbreaking dumpers in 2020...