ethics Archives - Maritime Fairtrade

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NGO urges end to illegal exports of scrap vessels

April 1, 2021

The cruise sector has been severely hit by the COVID-19

Indian Register of Shipping promotes safety in ship recycling industry

March 4, 2021

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society,

How Philippines facilitates safe crew change

March 3, 2021

Over the past seven months, the Philippines opened six ports for crew change.

NGO raises concern in light of Turkish ship recycling deaths

February 19, 2021

In the last four months, the Turkish ship recycling industry has been hit by two deaths.

Manually dissasembled vessel in Gadani ship breaking yard

Shipowner sentenced to prison for illegal export of toxic vessel

December 7, 2020

Norwegian shipowner convicted to six months imprisonment for having aided cash buyer in attempt to illegally export toxic ship to Pakistan for scrapping.

Survey finds pandemic disruption poses risk to business ethics

October 15, 2020

90% of respondents surveyed during the crisis believe that disruption poses a risk to ethical business conduct.

Iceland investigates illegal export of toxic ships to India

October 1, 2020

Journalists uncover the illegal export of container ships to the Indian beach of Alang for dirty and dangerous scrapping.

UN’s ASYCUDA speeds up delivery of aid in Beirut

September 17, 2020

UNCTAD’s automated customs management system is helping to boost relief operations as people in Beirut start to recover from a massive blast on 4 Aug.

Carnival Corporation commits to sustainable ship recycling

September 9, 2020

Carnival has developed a comprehensive ship recycling plan for two of its retired vessels to be scrapped at Turkish yards approved by EU Ship Recycling Regulation.