Brazilian government asked to stop dumping toxic ships on South Asian beaches

The Brazilian CONTTMAF trade union federation and its member SINDMAR [1] have recently criticized the shipbreaking...

Delay to curbs on toxic shipping emissions ‘would cause 200,000 extra premature deaths’

A push by the shipping and oil industries for a five-year delay to curbs on toxic sulphur emissions would cause an extra 200,000 premature deaths from lung cancer and heart disease, according to an unpublished International Maritime Organisation (IMO) stu

Buying time on toxic panamax ships will only prolong suffering

Rickmers Maritime Trust (RMT) has become the latest casualty in a growing list of containership owners with toxic vessel assets that are unable to generate sufficient funds to pay their outstanding debt obligations.