BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REFORM TANKER BREAKING SECTOR
May 1st, 2011
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
ENVIRONMENTAL concerns and the health hazards faced by the workers engaged in the ship and tanker breaking industry of Bangladesh have forced its government to reform controls of this most dangerous service. Dhaka has made administrative changes and proposed a new law that could force the international oil companies to share the costs of cleaning up the chemical and other waste left by this beach-based industry.
In a significant development that has been welcome by International Maritime Organisation (IMO), shipbreaking in Bangladesh has now ...
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