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Media alert – Toxic ship Exxon Valdez sent for dismantling
26 March 2012, Brussels – The Exxon Valdez, now re-named the Oriental Nicety, a ship responsible for one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history in 1989, has been sold for scrapping on the infamous ship breaking beaches of India. Environmental, human… More
13 May 2011 | Environmental NGO calls on Norway to reform its shipbreaking aid package for Bangladesh
10 March 2011 | Bangladesh to become ship graveyard if nothing is done
9 March 2011 | Bangladesh succumbs to shipping industry pressure
2 March 2011 | Pakistani foundation helping shipbreaking workers wins award
16 February 2011 | New Off The Beach website launched!
10 February 2011 | NGOs call on Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik to fix “broken” shipbreaking legislation
27 January 2011 | IMO funds training for shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh
23 January 2011 | «Help us get shipbreaking off the beach!» – 42 international organisations call on the Bangladeshi Prime Minister to act
19 January 2011 | Explosion kills at least 4 workers on a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh
12 December 2010 | 46 workers killed on the shipbreaking yards of South Asia this year
