Despite ongoing concerns over unsafe and environmentally damaging shipbreaking practices, in 2024, 80% of the global vessel tonnage scrapped—totaling 255 out of 409 dismantled ships—was broken under substandard conditions on the beaches of South Asia, Belgian NGO Shipbreaking Platform has found. Notwithstanding the grave consequences for workers, with nine people losing their lives and another … Continue reading NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 80% of scrapped ships in 2024 dismantled under sub-par and high-risk conditions