Final parking

[Chuckpacific]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnuAqfFbHLM

 

[rogerbum]

Looks like a perfect job to me. :lol:

 

[B~C]

the knucklhead didn't even put his bumpers out thats pretty amazing how far up the shore they got

 

[TyBoo]

That's kind of how the Columbia River springer fisherman slip into a hog line.

 

[B~C]

boy howdy, I believe some of them do use that technique. The kid has command of our boat the week after next, he had better not try that

 

[localboy]

A third world attempt at dry dock?

 

[Chuckpacific]

The shipyards at Alang recycle approximately half of all ships salvaged around the world. The yards are located on the Gulf of Khambat, 50 kilometres southeast of Bhavnagar. Large supertankers, car ferries, container ships, and a dwindling number of ocean liners 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. The salvage yards at Alang have generated controversy about working conditions, workers' living conditions, and the impact on the environment. One major problem is that despite many serious work-related injuries, the nearest full service hospital is 50 kilometres away in Bhavnagar.

 

[AstoriaDave]

More on Alang, here: http://science.howstuffworks.com/enviro ... ipyard.htm

 

[localboy]

I guess I was correct. It appeared too planned to be an "accident" and no one had an "OH, Sh*t!!!!" reaction.

 

[C-jeep]

I thought I heard the guy speaking Russian. Isn't Alang in India?

 

[anchorout]

I once saw a special on TV that documented this salvage operation. They run the boat up onto the beach and start torching section by section, cutting them ever smaller, and loading these small sections onto trucks for recycle. Very primitive conditions. In some cases welders cut into tanks not properly vented and explosions occur. All-in-all a very interesting story.