British shipping companies that sell old vessels to be scrapped cheaply in dangerous, low-paid conditions in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan may now be sued in London for workers’ deaths or injuries, according to The Guardian. The court of appeal of England and Wales held that a shipping company in London selling a vessel in south […]
HMS Active, a Type 21 frigate which was transferred to Pakistan in 1994 and renamed the PNS Shah Jahan has been sunk during a Pakistan navy live-fire drill in the North Arabian Sea. https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2021/01/18/6879397248812168020/636x382_MP4_6879397248812168020.mp4 Active was built in Southampton, launched in 1972 and survived the Falklands War. She was sold to Pakistan in 1994 and […]