Alang Ship Breaking Yard
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The Alang Ship Breaking Yard is the world's largest ship breaking yard, responsible for dismantling more than a third of retired freight and cargo ships salvaged from around the world. It is located o
Removing steel plates from a ship using cranes
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Exxon Valdez
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Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling its cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24 March 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Ship
Alang Ship Breaking Yard
…In December 2009, the longest ship ever built, Seawise Giant, was broken up at Alang. In August 2012, Oriental Nicety, famous for an oil spill in Prince William sound when she was known as Exxon Valdez, was scrapped at Alang. The salvage yards at Alang have generated…
The Exxon Valdez at Prince William Sound in 1989, hours after running aground
Exxon Valdez at Prince William Sound in 1989, 3 days after the spill began