Thousands of workers spend as much as a year in dangerous conditions breaking down just one ship. The cruise line industry lost billions of dollars by the end of 2020 The workers at the Aliağa ...

KARACHI: The workers of Gadani ship breaking industry have been facing immense problems for long and they should be given their due rights, said speakers at a press conference here at the Karachi ...

India or Turkey — where most of the world’s ship-breakers work. The Bangladesh shipyard where Glenn Thompson visited. Picture: Supplied Men in these countries desperate for work demolish huge ...

While three of the workers died ... rules say that owners must remove toxic elements from a ship before bringing it to our shore for breaking, most owners do not abide by this.

Imagine a ship the size of the Titanic ... influence what’s happening in Bangladesh. These ships that workers are breaking down, these are ships that come from the developed countries ...

Most of the coming surge will be handled by yards in the Sitakunda region of Bangladesh or Alang in India's Gujarat, which together account for about 70% of global ship breaking. Worker deaths are ...

Since 2020, approximately 20,000 Bangladeshi workers have ripped apart more than 520 ships, far more tonnage than in any other country. The International Labour Organisation has previously described ...

Its "floatels" are designed to house workers during long-term projects ... Some old and unwanted cruise ships meet their demise at ship-breaking yards, where they are disassembled and sold ...