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Shipbreaking in Asia: profit at a price

Ship brokers are flying flags of convenience to skirt conventions against the dumping of redundant vessels on Asian beaches, where it is believed hundreds of workers are killed and injured in hazardous breaking yards. Statistics kept by Shipbreaking Platform, a coalition of environmental, human rights and labor groups, indicate German companies were the worst culprits […]

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