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Fatal accident at Alang yard during cutting of BW Offshore vessel

A worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit CIDADE DE SAO VICENTE (IMO 7380693) at an Indian beaching yard on 21 April. According to local sources, a nitrogen tank removed from the …
Apr 28, 2022 / Accidents

International Shipbreaking LTD Completes First EU Ship Recycling Regulation Project - MT Wolverine

The first EU ship to be recycled in the USA has been accepted for processing by International Shipbreaking Ltd (ISL), part of the world-leading recycler EMR Group.The project follows a $30 million investment in new equipment and processes at ISL’s …
Apr 29, 2022 / Curious

NGO: Two fatal accidents at Indian yards under EU scrutiny

According to local media, two workers recently died on the shipbreaking beach of Alang, India. Two separate accidents took place at well-known scrapping yards that have applied to be included in the EU list of approved ship recycling …
Sep 11, 2019 / Accidents

Toxic gas kills 3 shipbreaking workers in Chattogram

Three workers died and three others injured after inhaling toxic gas at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda Upazila yesterday.The workers died in MT Atlas, a crude oil tanker weighing around 27,450 tonnes, at MAK Corporation shipbreaking …
Aug 1, 2019 / Accidents

Major explosion at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard kills two workers and severely injures five

A loud blast in the early morning yesterday shook the Chittagong shipbreaking area. At around 8:30 AM, a fire broke out on board the vessel BUNGA KELANA 4 (IMO 9178343), beached at Mahinur Ship Breaking yard, also known as Premium Trade Corporation. …
May 16, 2019 / Accidents

Fire on board Greek tanker kills two shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh

Monday, a fire broke out in the engine room on board a tanker, beached in Chittagong, killing two workers. Md Jamil, 23 years old cutter man, and Bipul lost their lives while scrapping the ship GREEK WARRIOR (IMO 9191412) at Shagorika Ship Breaking …
Feb 19, 2019 / Accidents

Another Dutch ship owner faces huge fine for having beached a vessel

Dutch ship owner Holland Maas Scheepvaart Beheer II BV has been fined 780.000 EUR and paid a settlement of 2.2 million EUR - totaling to a price tag of almost 3 million EUR - for having beached a ship for scrapping in India.Caption: Containership HMS …
Jan 21, 2019 / Vessels