Bibliograph

Breaking ships, how supertankers and cargo ships are dismantled on the beaches of Bangladesh, Roland Buerk ; with photographs by the author ; foreword by Michael Sanders

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Breaking ships, how supertankers and cargo ships are dismantled on the beaches of Bangladesh, Roland Buerk ; with photographs by the author ; foreword by Michael Sanders

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaking ships

Oclc number

61123153

Responsibility statement

Roland Buerk ; with photographs by the author ; foreword by Michael Sanders

Sub title

how supertankers and cargo ships are dismantled on the beaches of Bangladesh

Summary

Asbestos, explosives, and chemical waste are only a few of the hazards involved in the meticulous work of destroying a giant ship. When new labor laws and environmental standards came to Europe, the ship-breaking industry moved to places like Chittagong on the coast of Bangladesh-places where the lives of workers seem expendable, and the environment is someone else's problem. follows the demise of the Asian Tiger, a ship destroyed at one of the twenty ship-breaking yards along the beaches of Chittagong. BBC Bangladesh correspondent Roland Buerk takes us through the process-from beaching the vessel to its final dissemination, from wealthy shipyard owners to poverty-stricken ship cutters, and from the economic benefits for Bangladesh to the pollution of its once pristine beaches

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