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NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on progress to clean-up the ship-breaking industry...
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NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on progress to clean-up the ship-breaking industry...
The shipyard industry in Bangladesh is evolving to come in line with new regulations designed to improve worker safety and environmental protection
When Samrat Hossain first started cutting up old ships weighing thousands of tonnes in a southeast Bangladesh shipbreaking yard a decade ago…
"Some workers from other yards told me they buy their own gloves." The industry in Bangladesh is evolving to come in line with new regulations, officials say. The government, through a parliamentary act in 2018, ordered yard-owners to clean up their practices by 2023 and implement standards laid down in the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.
When Samrat Hossain first started cutting up old ships weighing thousands of tons in a southeast Bangladesh shipbreaking yard a decade ago, all he would wear was a cap or a helmet.