Shipbreaking Workers

Shipbreaking industry needs real oversight

Nine workers died due to suspected exposure to toxic gas.
15 August 2026

'Another 20 seconds and I would have died'

Selim recounts horror as toxic gas kills nine at Sitakunda shipbreaking yard
14 August 2026

Ensure fair wage for shipbreaking workers

Why is the wage board for shipbreaking workers not implemented yet?
19 September 2024

Shipbreaking yards or graves for workers?

Workers’ safety must be a priority
25 November 2023

An unjustifiable human cost

We are shocked by the news that at least six workers involved in shipbreaking and recycling were killed in the first three months of 2018, the latest as recently as Wednesday morning.
29 March 2018

Workers' safety must come first

We are shocked at the recent deaths of two workers at the shipbreaking yards in Sitakunda.
30 January 2018

15 workers killed this year

At least 15 workers were killed and more than a hundred injured in accidents at different shipbreaking yards in Chittagong this year
26 December 2017

Shipbreaking workers in peril

In this paper we have written many times about the hazardous working conditions at shipbreaking yards.
20 January 2016

Life at death yard

Frequent accidents have been claming lives or seriously injuring many workers in Chittagong shipbreaking yards over the years, largely
15 January 2016