by Admin
9. December 2010 16:44
Alang is a town in Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, India. It has emerged as the biggest ship breaking yard in the world. Nearly half of the ships salvaged in the world are done at Alang.
Large supertankers, car ferries, container ships and a dwindling number of ocean liners are beached during high tide, and as the tide recedes, hundreds of manual labourers dismantle each ship, salvaging what they can and reducing the rest into scrap. Tens of thousands of jobs are supported by this activity and millions of tons of stell are recovered.
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