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New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business
- Accidents in the ship recycling industry lead to severe injuries and fatalities, highlighting safety concerns shared by workers.
- Only seven out of Chittagong's 30 yards comply with new safety regulations regarding worker protection and hazardous waste management.
- A worker stressed the need for 'shared responsibility for everyone involved in this whole cycle' to improve safety.
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Another worker dies at Alang shipbreaking yard
A wake-up call as Hong Kong Convention’s entry-into-force will rubberstamp dangerous practices Just weeks before the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships is set to enter into force on 26 June, another shipbreaking worker died in Alang—the world’s largest ship dismantling site—at a facility that claims to already be compliant with the Convention’s standards [1]. On 20 May, 20-year-old Satur Bhai, f…
New Rules May Not Change Dirty And Deadly Ship Recycling Business
Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh -- where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet their end -- when the vibrations shook him from the upper deck.
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