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	Alang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alang is a coastal town in the State of Gujarat in India.
		The yards are located on the Gulf of Khambat, 50 kilometers southeast of Bhavnagar.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alang_Ship_Recycling_Yard (286 words)

	shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Other famous UK shipyards include the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was launched, and the naval dockyard at Chatham, England on the Medway in north Kent.
		Ships were the first items to be manufactured in a factory, several hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, in the Venice Arsenal, Venice, Italy.
		Alang Ship Recycling Yard is the world's largest recycler of ships.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Shipyard.html (640 words)

	GMS In the News
		Recycling today is providing ship owners with a strong economic incentive to dispose of their old vessels, hopefully prior to any disastrous results.
		Alang’s infamy began when two reporters from the Baltimore Sun (a Maryland, US newspaper), Will Englund and Gary Cohn first came to India in February 1997 and published their report on Alang in the Baltimore Sun in December 1997.
		The ship recycling industry should make continual, constructive and managed improvements but, it is important to recognise the fallacies of some of the biased articles and ideas being floated regularly in the western press.
	www.gmsinc.net /gms/news/cleanseas_winter2001.php (1462 words)

	Greenpeace Flays US
		This is Alang, the world's largest ship-breaking yard, the final resting place for the titanics of today, where men, not icebergs, rip through hulls with little more than a blow torch and a crowbar.
		"Alang's boom is fueled by blood, the blood of 40,000 wretchedly poor men with crushed fingers, broken limbs, severe burns, and little hope in their hearts," says social activist Praful Bidwai in New Delhi.
		The muqadam, or foreman, has been breaking ships since he was a boy, first in Bombay and then in Alang when the yard was started in the early 1980s.
	www.ban.org /ban_news/recycling_ships.html (960 words)

	HardNews - Scuttled by greed
		Alang has long remained a simmering footnote in the list of high-hazard professions, kept away from the gaze of legal rectitude by the money ship-breaking brings in.
		Alang is a topographical gift to maritime operations: when the tide recedes, the ships are stranded right on the beach and it requires very little money or effort to moor the vessels marked for disintegration.
		Sometimes, the ships' interiors, which are usually dismantled at the end of the breaking process, are disassembled in the beginning, because there is a good market for them.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /nov2004/environment.php (1419 words)

	Eco-concerns mount, but... -- For Alang it is time to break the Chinese ship yards
		Clearly, the 100-odd entrepreneurs at Alang are too preoccupied with the forex movement as ships are purchased from brokers in Germany, the UK and Greece in the $100-130 per tonne band.
		The international shipping community, which includes major transnational giants, cannot afford to be identified with shipbreaking yards which have scant regard for basic human safety norms, flout environmental laws and treat their employees as almost sub-human.
		If the ship owners were to choose between the application of the Basel Convention and paying their dues to upgrade the safety norms at shipbreaking yards, they will choose the latter.
	www.hinduonnet.com /businessline/2000/03/06/stories/090671vi.htm (1438 words)

	Alang: Building on the E-factor
		THE world's largest shipbreaking yard, which had in recent years been facing much flak on the international scale for fetching up short on the safety, health and environment (SHE) front, is threatening to turn a new leaf.
		Much of the industry glare was turned on Alang during the Second Global Summit on Ship Recycling Industry that was held in Amsterdam on June 25, and the GMB, on behalf of the Alang industry, has made it clear that it was taking significant steps towards SHE compliance.
		The Alang scrap steel business accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the country's consumption, an average day at the shipbreaking yard being worth business to the tune of Rs 7 crore where some 8,000 tonnes of scrap steel is pushed out from this coastal nook each day.
	www.hinduonnet.com /businessline/2001/07/02/stories/090259vm.htm (1077 words)

	Broadmining: Yard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The early yard was divided by the binary method into 2, 4, 8, and 16 parts called the half-yard, span, finger, and nail.
		One postulate was that the yard was derived from the girth of a person's waist, while another claim held that the measure was invented by Henry I of England as being the distance between the tip of his nose and the end of his thumb.
		The modern yard is a compromise between the old British and
	www.lowide.com /Yard&t= (185 words)

	Economy & Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Shipbreakers in Alang have denied allegations of any malpractices, claiming their deals are clean.
		How these ships are sold in international markets, we cannot say, but as far Alang is concerned, these allegations are baseless,” said Raj Bansal, president, Ship Recycling Industries Association (India).
		According to sources in the ship breaking industry, there are at least a dozen active cash buyers in the international market, and most of these are Indians.
	www.business-standard.com /common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=193870 (400 words)

	Plenary 4: Ms. Marietta Harjono
		At all these yards, the extent of damage to the environment, to the livelihoods of the fisher folk and peasants that shared the environment, and to the lives and health of the workers is not known to this day.
		We would like to see, as a sign of goodwill, the shipping community—with immediate effect—take the responsibility of ensuring that their tankers are certified gas free for hot works prior to breaking anywhere in the world.
		The shipping industry, under the co-ordination of the ICS [International Chamber of Shipping], has developed a Code of Practice on the preparation of ships before scrap; the code was recently published.
	www.neetc.org /shiprec2k1/harjono.html (2741 words)

	Mark Moxon, Travel Writer: India: Alang
		When a new ship is about to be broken up, the beach in the relevant yard is totally cleaned, even down to the last nut and bolt (nothing is wasted in this recycling operation), and then the ship is driven straight at the beach at breakneck speed so that it quite literally beaches itself.
		The sight of a beached ship with half its front removed is both awesome and gruesome, because despite the lack of humanity in a fully intact ship, when it's sitting there with its guts hanging out it's hard not to pity the poor thing.
		In the West we are familiar with yards that make ships but not those that break them, and you don't make a ship from bow to stern, you make it in parts: hull first, then the structural innards, then the pleasantries of furnishing.
	www.moxon.net /india/alang.html (1956 words)

	Fact Sheets > Ship-Breaking Industry Brings Environmental Problems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Metals such as iron and steel are recovered from old ships and reused in steel mills.
		The global market for scrap ships is expected to grow rapidly this year as single-hulled vessels are phased out due to a United Nations mandate.
		Environmentalists charge that in South Asia, these ships are taken apart without adequate precautions, dumping dangerous chemicals into the soil and sea, and exposing workers to hazardous pollutants.
	www.fact-sheets.com /business/news/may04/ship_breaking (420 words)

	hipyard information,shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Other famous UK hipyards includethe Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was launched, and the naval dockyard at Chatham, England on the Medway in north Kent.
		Ships were the first items to be manufactured in a factory, several hundred yearsbefore the Industrial Revolution, in the Venice Arsenal, Venice, Italy.
		Alang Ship Recycling Yard is the world'slargest recycler of ships.
	www.pin-outs.com /hipyard.html (634 words)

	Shipbreaking Site English
		Alang, India 12th November 2003 - As the British government continues to refuse permits for scrapping the first of the controversial US navy "ghost ships" which arrive in the UK today, Greenpeace has uncovered British vessels being shipped to India - contravening international agreements and in breach of national laws in India.
		These are the main conclusions representatives from Asia, the shipping industry and experts on liability agreed upon at an international seminar on liability for the scrapping of ships, organised by the International Institute for Asian Studies and Greenpeace at the Netherlands Maritime Museum on 2nd of June 2003.
		If you are a shipping company and own or operate ocean-going vessels, we encourage you to take part in the solution and stop the unacceptable exposure of workers and the environment to hazardous substances from decommissioned ships.
	greenpeaceweb.org /shipbreak (6706 words)

	Scrapping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Greenpeace study confirmed that in the course of ship breaking the workers were exposed to a deadly mixture of toxic substances released.
		Likewise, a government labour officer and an assistant posted at Alang to oversee the implementation of labour laws are not provided government vehicles and as such are unable to cover all plots and discharge their duties effectively.
		There are no worker’s unions at Alang who could pressurize the authorities to take decisions in their favour and thereby ensure protection of their workers’ rights to safe and healthy working and living conditions, to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
	iias.leidenuniv.nl /iias/research/environment/scrapping/papers/rupaabdi.html (4273 words)

	Recycling Yard Ships - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		recycling of ships at the end of their working lives...
		inactivation, reactor compartment disposal, and recycling of ships.
		ship for towing, the average distance to a recycling yard, and the average dis-...
	recycling.fabug.com /index.php?k=recycling-yard-ships (1232 words)

	Shipyard biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships.
		Most ship builders in the United States are privately owned, the largest being Northrop Grumman a multi-billion dollar defense contractor.
		Yantai Raffles [4] is the largest ship builder in China located in Yantai.
	www.biography.ms /Naval_shipyard.html (654 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Merger of unviable plots to boost Alang's fortunes
		THE world's largest ship recycling yard here is all set to enter a new era with the decision to go for amalgamation of the small and unviable plots that had led to much cluttering at Alang in the past eight years.
		With the last fiscal witnessing scrap steel business worth Rs 2,400 crore at 27,27,233 tonnes from 333 ships, Alang seems to be beckoning the larger vessels.Thus, the largest shipbreaking yard in the world belies all fears of China and other developing countries taking away its pie in the sky.
		As Alang undertakes a major make-over exercise to change its down-market and environment- and labour- unfriendly image that it had gained over the past decade or so, it may be time for ships from Canada to come calling soon, if recent overtures from the country is anything to go by.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /bline/2002/09/19/stories/2002091901750600.htm (512 words)

	Vibrant Gujarat : Global Investors' Summit 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ship breaking activities generate large quantities of Solid and Hazardous Wastes, which pose a serious threat to the environment.
		At present, ship breakers have to dump hazardous wastes at NEPL waste management facility in Ahmedabad, which is about 250 km away from the ship-breaking yard at Alang.
		The stringent regulations imposed by IMO Guidelines and Basel Conventions have made it mandatory for each of the ship recycling yards, to be equipped with a Waste Management facility.
	www.vibrantgujarat.com /pp/pd010.html (734 words)

	In the face of death - The working condition of the migrant worker at Alang Sosiya shipbreaking yard (ASSBY), Gujarat
		Even after a ship breaker obtains certificates from the Coe, it is the duty of the GMB to verify them before the final go ahead is granted.
		The ‘ship recycling yard regulation’ – popularly known as Alang regulation.
		A mandatory rule be framed to compel the owners of the ship to clean their ships before exporting them and ensure that tanks are gas free for hot work.
	www.pucl.org /Topics/Industries-envirn-resettlement/2003/alang-sosiya.htm (1961 words)

	About AlangToday
		This internet portal is based on Alang And Sosiya Ship recycling Yard which is located around 50 km from the noted and important city BHAVNAGAR situated in the Gujarat State of INDIA.
		For Ship Recycling, it will now be possible to have every kind of important reports and information related to their Ship Recycling Industry as and when desired by them just by clicking mouse may be from their house or office.
		The Ship Agents, Brokers, Cash Buyers and Sellers will now be able to host their offers at the respective locations of www.alangtoday.com for selling the Ships for Demolition.
	www.alangtoday.com /aboutus.asp (412 words)

	Port Locations; Alang, India - by GMS, Cash Buyer of Ships for Recycling, Breaking and Demolition
		Alang is located on the coast of Bhavnagar district, in the Gulf of Cambay, 56 km (35 Miles) south of Bhavnagar City in the state of Gujarat, India.
		Alang is the leading ship-recycling yard in the world catering to nearly 90% of India's ship recycling activity.
		Ship recycling directly or indirectly affects more than 300,000 people.
	www.gmsinc.net /gms/locations_alang_india.php (159 words)

	::::: ALANG ::::: Bhavnagar.com
		Alang ship breaking yard located on the western coast of Gulf of Cambay, in the western part of India, is the largest ship-recycling yard in the world.
		Alang has become as one of the choicest ship-scrapping destinations for the ship owners around the world.
		Hundreds of ships from all over the world find their final resting place in Alang every year.
	www.bhavnagar.com /CTAlang.asp (316 words)

	Basel Action Network (BAN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The stand taken by Greenpeace and BAN follows a recent decision by the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) to allow Danish ship Riky to be beached and broken at the Alang shipbreaking yard in Bhavnagar.
		In a convention with 165 parties, India was the only country to hold the position that deems a ship is not a waste under the convention and therefore not subject to all of the control procedures and obligations of the convention.
		RIKY, the Danish ship that landed clandestinely at Alang nearly three months ago, is yet to get the final permission for breaking.
	www.ban.org /ban_news/050711_india_disregard.html (559 words)

	shipyrd information,shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dockyards are sometimes moreassociated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyrds, which are sometimes associated more with initial construction.The terms are routinely used intechangeably, in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyrds has often caused them tochange or merge roles.
		In the United Kingdom, for example, shipyrds were established on the River Thames (King Henry VIII founded yards at Woolwich and Deptford in 1512 and 1513 respectively), River Mersey, River Tyne, River Wear and River Clyde).
		Other famous UK shipyrds includethe Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was launched, and the naval dockyard at Chatham, England on the Medway in north Kent.
	www.pin-outs.com /shipyrd.html (634 words)

	[R-G] Fw: Document in Document Scrap 'ON THE FACE OF D...'
		The deaths in Alang Shipyard and its frequent reportage in press highlight the problems of the shipyard.
		The Alang-Sosiya Ship-Breaking Yard (ASSBY) located in the Gulf of Cambay in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat State in India is the biggest ship-breaking yard in Asia employing more than 30 thousand workers There are around ten villages in the vicinity of ASSBY.
		The migrants mostly from Orissa are very laborious.So the ship breakers prefer migrants in ship breaking more than the local people which is a very normal practice in Gujarat including in power loom sector at Surat, Salt factory at Kandla etc..
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/rad-green/2003-June/009216.html (2104 words)

	Gujarat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Much of its diamond trade is controlled by a handful of families professing the Jain faith.
		Also on the Gulf of Khambat, 50 kilometers southeast of Bhavnagar, is the Alang Ship Recycling Yard, the world's largest.
		Anand is host to Amul dairy, one of the largest milk product producers of the world.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Gujarat (1877 words)

	CSI Activities (Gujarat, India) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alang, a small coastal town in Gujarat, houses the world's largest ship-breaking yard.
		While most of the oil is removed before a ship is scrapped, sand used to mop up the remaining oil is thrown into the sea.
		The Indian government is being urged to demand the decontamination of ships prior to their arrival on India's shores for scrapping, and to develop and enforce adequate measures to prevent further environmental degradation.
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/india/IndiaGujR.htm (495 words)

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