On muddy beaches in Asia – in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China – most of the world's ships are taken apart. Worked on by hundreds of unprotected and often inadequately trained workers, they quickly become piles of scrap steel and parts.
Scrapping ships is one of the most work-intensive and dangerous jobs there is. All in all, the highly hazardous shipbreaking industry – including all branches with a direct link to the scrapping operations – employs over 160,000 workers in India alone.
IMF and its affiliates are working together to improves the lives of shipbreaking workers.
Scrapping ships is one of the most work-intensive and dangerous jobs there is. All in all, the highly hazardous shipbreaking industry – including all branches with a direct link to the scrapping operations – employs over 160,000 workers in India alone.
