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The sleepy coastal village of Alang, about 50 kilometres from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, also known as the largest ship-recycling hub in the world, had a bad reputation until a decade ago. Reports ...

Ever pondered the fate of colossal cruise ships and other massive vessels when they reach the end of their life? The vast majority of the world's mega vessels are broken up into just four locations: ...

Presenting a very ambitious plan for ship recycling on the inaugural day of the “India Maritime Week 2025” at Mumbai on Monday, Gujarat government said it plans to recycle 15,000 ageing ships at Alang ...

The Blue Lady, known as a jewel in the French shipping industry has anchored in the Western Indian port of Alang, the world’s biggest breaking yard, in the Gujarat State. Asbestos –lined former ocean ...

Workers and their supervisors at the world's largest ship breaking yard at Alang, in coastal South Gujarat, are busy these days. For someone who had seen this graveyard of ships a decade ago with its ...

A slump in global crude oil price between 2014 and 2017 led to an influx of rigs and tanks in Gujarat's Alang for dismantling. (Image: IE) A slump in global crude oil price between 2014 and 2017 led ...

According to data provided by the Alang ship-breaking companies, Alang did 1.09 mn tonnes of Light Weight Displacement (LDT) recycling in 2022-23 Haresh Parmar, the owner of Somnath Ship Recycling ...

Rajkot: Despite Unlock 4.0, labour shortage continues to haunt Alang, world’s biggest ship breaking yard in Bhavnagar district as the migrant labourers are yet to return from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

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Five labourers were killed on Saturday and two others seriously injured after a blast in an oil tanker at Alang ship-breaking yard in Bhavnagar, police said. "Labourers were working on the tanker when ...