shipbreaking

Shipbreaking yards or graves for workers?

Workers’ safety must be a priority

How much is the cost of killing a ship?

Deutsche Welle paid a visit to Sitakunda, world’s largest shipbreaking yard situated in Chittagong, in an attempt to fathom the extent of the damage.

The crumbling coasts

Illegal sand mining is eating away people's homes, farmland and wildlife habitats

Editorial / Workers' safety must come first

We are shocked at the recent deaths of two workers at the shipbreaking yards in Sitakunda.

Shipbreaking Yards: No let-up in deaths

Two shipbreaking workers were killed at two scrap yards in Sitakunda in the early hours of yesterday and Sunday afternoon.

Unsafe Working Condition in Ship-Breaking Yards / 15 workers killed this year

At least 15 workers were killed and more than a hundred injured in accidents at different shipbreaking yards in Chittagong this year

A graveyard for ships and men

According to a report published by this paper on October 22, “Bangladesh was the top buyer of scrapped ships in the world in the third quarter of 2017, followed by India,” as stated by the Brussels-based Shipbreaking Platform.

Worker dies at Chittagong shipbreaking yard

A worker died and another fell ill inhaling toxic gas while cleaning oil from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda on Friday afternoon.

November 25, 2023
November 25, 2023

Shipbreaking yards or graves for workers?

Workers’ safety must be a priority

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

How much is the cost of killing a ship?

Deutsche Welle paid a visit to Sitakunda, world’s largest shipbreaking yard situated in Chittagong, in an attempt to fathom the extent of the damage.

March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023

The crumbling coasts

Illegal sand mining is eating away people's homes, farmland and wildlife habitats

January 31, 2018
January 31, 2018

Workers' safety must come first

We are shocked at the recent deaths of two workers at the shipbreaking yards in Sitakunda.

January 30, 2018
January 30, 2018

Shipbreaking Yards: No let-up in deaths

Two shipbreaking workers were killed at two scrap yards in Sitakunda in the early hours of yesterday and Sunday afternoon.

December 27, 2017
December 27, 2017

15 workers killed this year

At least 15 workers were killed and more than a hundred injured in accidents at different shipbreaking yards in Chittagong this year

October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017

A graveyard for ships and men

According to a report published by this paper on October 22, “Bangladesh was the top buyer of scrapped ships in the world in the third quarter of 2017, followed by India,” as stated by the Brussels-based Shipbreaking Platform.

April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016

Worker dies at Chittagong shipbreaking yard

A worker died and another fell ill inhaling toxic gas while cleaning oil from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda on Friday afternoon.