Ship Breaking

We uncover more about modern-day ship breaking and find out how the dangerous work is actually done.

Fornaes Shipbreaking in Grenaa, Denmark scraps ships and sells used ships equipment.

Shipbreaking has grown into a major occupational and environmental health problem in the world. It is amongst the most dangerous of occupations, with unacceptably high levels of fatalities, injuries and work-related diseases.

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. The beaches of Chittagong are a massive graveyard for decommissioned ships and tankers. After plowing through the ocean for decades, their battered, rusting hulls sit fully exposed on the sand.

Shipbreaking Platform, an NGO which advocates for laborers' rights, has called the work disgusting and awful for its workers.

The ship breakers of Bangladesh turn immense vessels into scrap metal.

Ship Breaking Industry Arrived In Bangladesh By Accident, Literally.

Information and resources regarding Ship breaking. Benefits, Environmental Pollution and Human Rights concern of Ship Breaking Industry.

Modern steel-hulled ships are built to last for several decades. After their useful life is over, more than 90 percent of ocean-going container ships end up on the shores of India, Pakistan, Indonesia, or Bangladesh, where labor is cheap, demand for steel is high, and environmental regulations are lax.

In Bangladesh men desperate for work perform one of the world's most dangerous jobs.

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, ship recycling, or ship disposal. Modern ships have a lifespan of a 25-30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render it uneconomical to run.