FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin On 12 March, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a pilot Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) in collaboration with BIMCO to strengthen the protection and rights of workers at ship recycling yards in Bangladesh. Approximately 80% of the world’s decommissioned cargo ships are sent to South Asian shipbreaking yards, with Bangladesh being the world’s biggest ship recycling nation. As explained, the newly launched scheme acts as a social insurance program, pooling and sharing risk across the industry. RelatedNews GMS: Freight surge and Hormuz risks keep shipping backlog intact BIMCO & ICS: Ratification of the Beijing Convention is key for its success var jnews_module_21367556_0_6a0220e437f09 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21367556","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"64,2193,62,3205,1982,568,3317","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone