ship breaking

Peter D Haas visits PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Yard on 23 April 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

US Ambassador Peter D Haas applauds positive changes in Bangladesh ship breaking industry

He assured all possible cooperation from the United States in furthering the progress of the industry, emphasising the importance of sustaining positive momentum.

Photo: TBS
Economy

Ship-breaking workers demand payment of salary, bonus by 20th Ramadan

Ship-breaking workers suffer lifelong illness due to asbestos exposure 
Bangladesh

Ship-breaking workers suffer lifelong illness due to asbestos exposure 

Photo: Reuters
Supplement

How ship-breaking helped shape the steel industry

Infographic: TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh enters green ship recycling era

‘Ship-breaking has promising future in Bangladesh, needs govt support’
Bangladesh

‘Ship-breaking has promising future in Bangladesh, needs govt support’

Ships, imported for dismantling, lie idle at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram as the Department of Environment is yet to greenlight their scrapping process. Photo: Mohammad Minhaz Uddin
Industry

From orange to red: How shipbreaking pays the price for downgrade in industry category

Process underway to reclassify Ctg shipbreaking yards as 'Orange'
Bangladesh

Process underway to reclassify Ctg shipbreaking yards as 'Orange'

Ship breakers worried over being reclassified from 'orange' to 'red'
Industry

Ship breakers worried over being reclassified from 'orange' to 'red'

Infograph: TBS
Industry

50,000 lose jobs as sharp fall in shipbreaking deals steel, oxygen a fatal blow

Scrap ship imports rise seven-fold in October
Economy

Scrap ship imports rise seven-fold in October

Infograph: TBS
By The Numbers

Largest demolisher of ships in 2021

Workers often sustain severe casualties due to unplanned work practices, and the number is not negligible. All these hazards and casualties are avoidable if proper actions are taken. PHOTO: REUTERS
Panorama

Towards a safer ship recycling industry