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