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Julia Bleckner

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Trading lives for profit: how the shipping industry circumvents regulations to scrap toxic ships on Bangladesh’s beaches

Ingvild Jenssen, Nicola Mulinaris, Sara Rita da Costa

European shipping companies are knowingly sending their end-of-life ships for scrap in dangerous and polluting yards in Bangladesh. This report reveals a network used by shipowners to circumvent international regulations prohibiting the export of ships to facilities like those in Bangladesh that do not have adequate environmental or labor protections.

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