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[stevebradford]

It’s amazing how they are cutting up and removing this sunken wreck with an anchor chain. At least it was just a bunch of Hyundai’s.

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[stevebradford]

Maybe @Rigpig will post about some of the giant shovels he works on!?

 

[seapotato]

Ever watched a video on the ship breaking yards in Asia? They drive them up on to the beach and then those poor ****ers climb all over them with torches and hack them up. Pretty brutal...

 

[seapotato]

It's visible on Google Earth...

Shipbreaking - Google My Maps

Shipbreaking Yards in Sitakund coastal area under Chittagong

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[GTSSportCoupe]

Ever watched a video on the ship breaking yards in Asia? They drive them up on to the beach and then those poor f***ers climb all over them with torches and hack them up. Pretty brutal...

I remember watching a doc on that a few years ago. Don't remember the details of it, but I remember finding it shocking/appalling in so many ways. Those workers know they won't live long, but they do it anyhow cause they need a job. And I can only imagine the environmental impact to the ocean there.

 

[seapotato]

I remember watching a doc on that a few years ago. Don't remember the details of it, but I remember finding it shocking/appalling in so many ways. Those workers know they won't live long, but they do it anyhow cause they need a job. And I can only imagine the environmental impact to the ocean there.

Yeah. It's pretty horrifying. Probably costs a fortune to dispose of a ship like that properly, wouldn't surprise me if the owners just leave them there and walk away.

Good ammo for when your kid complains about his first job washing dishes.

 

[Bluebj42]

Scary stuff!

 

[cruiserpilot]

RoRo with caution. This happens a lot more regularly than we imagine. I’ve watched video of Land Cruisers being tossed into the ocean from the deck of one of these in a storm. Most don’t have insurance.
Those guys working on the tear downs, part of the third world unlimited supply of essentially slave labour for the multinational conglomerates. Yup, pretty sick.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Ever watched a video on the ship breaking yards in Asia? They drive them up on to the beach and then those poor f***ers climb all over them with torches and hack them up. Pretty brutal...

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There are a couple of documentrys on it. The Passionate Eye (Canadian) did the first big doc on it and since then the yards have been shut up tight to media/public to hide the appalling working conditions. I think they covered the ones in India. Lead, asbestos, PCB's and whatever else you can imagine. Deaths are very common.
Disposing of a ship properly costs millions but the India breaking yards will pay money for old ships so the practice continues.