ship breaking industry

ship breaking industry

Senior government officials, regulators and industry representatives at an inter-ministerial meeting on Bangladesh's shipbreaking industry on 6 June 2026 discussing improving workers' living standards, strengthening occupational health and safety, ensuring environmental protection, and addressing lease-related issues in the sector. Photo: TBS

Inter-ministerial meet discusses shipbreaking worker safety, lease issues

The discussions focused on ensuring safe working conditions for workers, strengthening occupational health services, preventing workplace accidents, maintaining environmental standards, and...

The vessel, MV Sage Sagittarius, arrived at Arab Ship Breaking and Recycling Limited on 5 March 2026 to be beached for recycling. Photo: Courtesy

NYK Line sends first large vessel to Bangladesh shipbreaking yard

Representational image. Photo: TBS

Shipbreaking deaths fall sharply in 2025, but accidents remain widespread: BILS

German investors at PHP Ship-Breaking and Recycling Yard in Sitakunda of Chattogram on 8 April. Photo: Courtesy

German investors explore ship-breaking industry in Chattogram

The meeting was held in the conference room of a local hotel in Chattogram on Saturday (28 September). Photo: TBS

Skilled workforce key for green ship-breaking industry: Experts

Former climate and environment minister of Norway, Erik Solheim, visited the Kabir Steel Ship Recycling Facilities in the Sonaichhari area of Sitakunda in Chattogram on Sunday (3 March). Photo: Courtesy

Norway to send ships to Bangladesh for recycling: Ex-Norwegian minister

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

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

Scrap ship imports rise seven-fold in October

Scrap ship imports rise seven-fold in October

Infograph: TBS

Largest demolisher of ships in 2021

Bangladesh remains on top in shipbreaking

Bangladesh remains on top in shipbreaking

Ctg shipbreakers default on Tk10,000cr in 8 years

Ctg shipbreakers default on Tk10,000cr in 8 years

File Photo: UNB

7 more workers lose their lives to the ship breaking industry in 2020

Bangladesh pays the highest price for global scrap ships

Bangladesh pays the highest price for global scrap ships