CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh/SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Abul Hossen is preparing for the arrival of dozens of ships that promise to carry his family and hundreds, if not thousands, of other Bangladeshis ...

At least 62 workers have been killed by accidents in Sitakunda's shipbreaking yards since 2019, Bangladeshi environmental group Young Power in Social Action has said ...

With a fleet of 291 ships having a carrying capacity of 5.8 million deadweight tons (DWT), Bangladesh might be ranked 35th in global maritime transport. But when it comes to scrapping old shipping ...

The ship-breaking industry in Bangladesh has been a source of national pride for decades, and it has also been potential ...

This week, several more sales have registered as sub-continent ship recycling markets come roaring back – and a previously subdued Bangladesh starts to seemingly find some form once again, with some ...

Restricting ship imports to compliant yards could jeopardise these workers' livelihoods and threaten the stability of related sectors. Moreover, without enough scrap metal from ship recycling, ...

Explore the fascinating Ship Graveyard in Bangladesh, a unique site where abandoned vessels rest in peace along the shoreline ...

ALANG, India -- When the big ships come to Asia to die, they often take lives with them. Upendra Shethi knows. He was one of an army of laborers hired by an Indian ship-breaking yard to strip the ...

European maritime companies are ditching their old ships for scrap on Bangladeshi beaches in dangerous and polluting conditions that have killed workers pulling them apart, Human Rights W... Already a ...