Danish shipping firm Maersk has announced it will send two decommissioned vessels to a facility in Alang, India, that it says can comply with safety and environmental responsibility best practices.

ALANG, India -- When the big ships come to Asia to die, they often take lives with them. Upendra Shethi knows. He was one of an army of laborers hired by an Indian ship-breaking yard to strip the ...

All the hazardous waste generated in ship recycling at Alang are being disposed off in safe and environmentally sound manner in Gujarat Pollution Control Board authorized Treatment, Storage and ...

Venture inside Alang Shipbreaking Yard, the world’s largest and most perilous ship graveyard. This video exposes the harsh reality of where massive vessels meet their end—torn apart by hand on the ...

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRC), a non-profit classification service based in Mumbai, India, has opened an office in Alang, India. The new office will work to support IRC’s ship recycling ...

ALANG, India (Reuters) - A global economic slowdown has hit industries ranging from automakers to investment banks, but in one small town on India's western coast, business is at record levels and ...

All the hazardous waste generated in ship recycling at Alang are being disposed off in safe and environmentally sound manner in Gujarat Pollution Control Board authorized Treatment, Storage and ...

ALANG, India/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In the world's biggest ship recycling centre of Alang on India's Arabian Sea coast, workers with blow torches cut segments of steel stripped from the rusting hull of ...

The 37,400-dwt Bow Cedar (built 1996) is the fourth ship in this 11-strong class of ships to get the chop after being sold for recycling in India for $940 per ldt ... databases show is due to arrive ...