Shipowners have good reason to fear NGO Shipbreaking Platform, the Brussels-based lobby group that campaigns for safer and more environmentally friendly vessel demolition.
The non-profit organisation has made its reputation since its launch in 2005 exposing substandard working conditions at beaching yards and naming and shaming shipowners that demolish ships at such facilities.
Part sponsored by the European Commission, it has recently has successes as a whistle-blower, alerting national authorities of demolition sales it considers illegal and securing prosecutions against shipowners.
