"Safety is our motto" reads this welcome sign at Alang, a statement heavily criticized

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The shipyards at Alang recycle about 50% of the ships salvaged in the world. The yards are located on the Gulf of Khambat, 50 kilometers southeast of Bhavnagar. Before shipbreaking began there in June 1983 the beach at Alang was pristine and unspoiled. It is now seriously contaminated with toxic substances and asbestos. Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... The Gulf of Cambay (also the Gulf of Khambat) is an inlet of the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India, in the state of Gujarat. ... Bhavnagar is a city in the Gujarat state of India. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek ἄσβεστος: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ...

Large supertankers, car ferries and container ships are beached during high tide, and as the tide recedes, hundreds of manual laborers dismantle each ship, salvaging what they can, and reducing the rest into scrap. Tens of thousands of low-paid jobs are supported by this activity, and millions of tons of steel are recovered. A supertanker is an unofficial nickname that applies to a certain class of tanker ship built to transport very large quantities of liquids; in practice this typically refers to crude oil. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen; note crew standing on deck, and stacks of containers on shore. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...   The international symbol for recycling. ...

The salvage yards at Alang have generated controversy about working conditions, workers' living conditions, and the impact on the environment. One major problems is that despite many serious work-related injuries, the nearest full service hospital is 50 kilometers away in Bhavnagar. Alang itself is served by a small Red Cross hospital which offers only limited services. Bhavnagar is a city in the Gujarat state of India. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

A shipyard at Alang is possibly the model for the shipyard described in the Iain Banks novel, The Business (1999). Iain M. Banks at 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Iain Menzies Banks (born on February 16, 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish writer. ... The Business is a 1999 novel by Iain Banks. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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See also

• List of Indian companies

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External links and references

• Ship Machinery and Spares by Ocean Power (India - Alang)
• Information on Alang from the Gujarat Maritime Board
• Article about Alang and shipbreaking in general from Greenpeace
• Travel writer's 1998 article about Alang (with photographs)