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Exxon Valdez...

  • 02-08-2012 6:03pm
    #1
    Rocky Bay
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 276 ✭✭


    The Washington Post of 31/7/12 is reporting that the Oriental Nicety formerly known as the Exxon Valdez has been given permission to enter Indian waters in order to be scrapped. The ship was sold for $16 million and should take about five months to dismantle. A few years ago "60 Minutes" a popular investigative show in America did a story on the town of Alang, India where ship dismantling is an important industry. All or most of the labor involved is by hand.


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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Rocky Bay wrote: »
    A few years ago "60 Minutes" a popular investigative show in America did a story on the town of Alang, India where ship dismantling is an important industry. All or most of the labor involved is by hand.

    The little info around on it makes it seem an interesting and dangerous place. Probably the most polluted bit of coast in the world too.


  • #3
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    I took a look at it on Google Earth, wouldn't be my first holiday destination choice in fairness.


  • #4
    ex_infantry man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    there's some oil slick along that coastline


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