American Ship Owners Sold The Most Ships To South Asian Yards In Q3 2021: NGO Shipbreaking Yard

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To act as a catalyst for change by effectively advocating for clean, safe, and just ship recycling globally. This necessitates denouncing dirty and dangerous practices, such as the dumping of end-of-life vessels on the beaches of developing countries. Our commitment to finding sustainable global solutions is based on the respect of human and workers’ rights and the principles of environmental justice, producer responsibility, ‘polluter pays’, and clean production.

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In this quarterly publication, we inform about the shipbreaking practices in South Asia, providing an overview of accidents that took place on the beaches of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, relevant press media as well as research. We aim to raise public awareness about the many negative impacts of shipbreaking in South Asia as well as developments aimed at the protection of workers’ rights and the environment.

SHIPBREAKING RECORDS

There were a total of 120 ships broken in the third quarter of 2021. Of these, 87 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia, where conditions are known to put workers’ lives and the environment at risk.

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American ship owners sold the most ships to South Asian yards, closely followed by South Korean and Greek owners.

Almost one-third of the ships sold to South Asia this quarter changed flag to the registries of Comoros, Gabon, Mongolia and St. Kitts and Nevis just weeks before hitting the beach. These flags are not typically used during the operational life of ships and offer ‘ last voyage registration discounts. They are particularly popular with the middlemen sc r ap-dealer s that purchase vessel s c a sh from ship owners and are grey – and black -listed due to their poor implementation of international maritime law.

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Reference: shipbreakingplatform.org

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