The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a global coalition of environmental, human rights and labour rights organisations working to promote safe and clean ship recycling worldwide, has presented its Annual Report 2014.
The findings from the report are that South Asia is still the favoured location for shipbreaking. 62.5 per cent of all end-of-life ships (1026 ships in total) worldwide ended up on the beaches there, with 309 ships in India (30%), 222 ships in Bangladesh (22%) and 110 in Pakistan (10.5%).
More Tonnage
Globally, the proportion of beached vessels has decreased compared to 2013 in terms of number of ships. In 2013, 645 ships were beached in South Asia. However, The amount of tonnage dismantled increased from 71 per cent in 2013 to 74 per cent in 2014. The NGO concludes this means almost as many ships ended up on the South Asian beaches and these were larger ships than the year before.
Two Thirds of European Ships Beached
Of the 285 EU-owned/EU-flagged ships dismantled in 2014, 182 were beached (63.8%) and 103 were broken up elsewhere. These figures were similar to those in 2013. EU shipbreaking facilities dismantled just 3.7 per cent (38 ships) of the end-of-life ships worldwide.
Download the complete NGO Shipbreaking Platform's Annual Report
