Contest #124
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How to Play
To participate, just make your guess in the comments section for each photo. Guesses will be held until the end of the contest, when they will all be made public. Anything and everything is fair game for getting a correct answer. Each contest will last one week, starting on Friday, so submit your guess as soon as you have an idea.
Alang
Comment by Per Svolsbru | February 5, 2010
Thailand?
Comment by Sneha | February 5, 2010
My guess is Port au Prince , Haiti
Comment by Frankie | February 5, 2010
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Comment by matt | February 5, 2010
Alang, India, Shipbreaking Beach
Comment by Willem | February 5, 2010
Alang, India…site of the largest ship salvage operation in the world.
Comment by Doc Will | February 5, 2010
The ship graveyard at Alang, Gujurat Province, India
Comment by Stephen Hope | February 5, 2010
Alang, India - the home of the largest ship-wrecking/ship-breaking yard in the world.
Comment by ACG | February 5, 2010
Alang, India
Comment by Ivar Bonsaksen | February 5, 2010
Alang in the State of Gujarat in India, ship breaking yards. Some of the worst pollution in the world.
Comment by OTazMan | February 5, 2010
Alang, Gujarat, India, where 50% of all recycled ships is broken down.
Comment by Milosh, Serbia | February 5, 2010
This is Alang, India, the ship breaking capital of the world! Coincidentally, I just heard an amazing song about this very site last week which lead me to look more into the industry. The song was Mark Knoffler’s “So Far from the Clyde” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nyfXu5fWs
Touching.
A few lines:
They had a last supper the day of the beaching,
She’s a dead ship sailing, skeleton crew.
The galley is empty, the stove pots are cooling
With whats left of the stew.
The time is approaching - the captain moves over;
The hang man steps in to do what he’s paid for.
With the wind down the tide, she goes proud ahead steaming…
And he drives her hard into the shore.
Comment by Andy M, USA | February 6, 2010
Alang, India. Ship dismantling area
Comment by John_B | February 6, 2010
Ship salvaging yards at Alang, Gujarat, India
This was a difficult one for me to find!
Comment by David Kozina | February 6, 2010
Alang, India
Specifically, the Alang Ship Breaking Yard.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/alang-sby.htm
Comment by Andy McConnell | February 7, 2010
This is the famous ship graveyard in Alang, India.
Comment by charlie my boy | February 7, 2010
Alang India, home to a large low-tech shipbreaking industry. I noticed this is not the way most ships in the world are moored, and the lack of waves. I also found a cool add on at vesseltracker.com that shows ship locations worldwide. It did not help on this week’s contest. Be sure to zoom in.
Comment by Dennis S. | February 7, 2010
Shipbreaking at Alang, India
Comment by Max_Power | February 8, 2010
This is the Ship Breakers site in Alang, India.
Comment by Andrew Smith | February 8, 2010
It’s Alang Beach, India
Comment by Smeulders B. | February 9, 2010
Alang shipyard, India
Comment by Neil | February 9, 2010
Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India. In the past three decades, its beaches have become a major worldwide centre for ship breaking.
The shipyards at Alang recycle approximately half of all ships salvaged around the world.[citation needed] The yards are located on the Gulf of Khambat, 50 kilometres southeast of Bhavnagar. Environmentalists complain that before shipbreaking began there in June 1983 the beach at Alang was pristine and unspoiled.[citation needed] However, locals say that the work provides a reasonably paid job by local standards, with a steady income used to support their families.
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. Tens of thousands of jobs are supported by this activity and millions of tons of steel are recovered.
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. Alang itself is served by a small Red Cross hospital that offers only limited services.
Comment by Robert Matney | February 9, 2010
It’s Alang in India, where they scrap 50% of the world’s ships according to wikipedia
Comment by Ole Ivanoff | February 11, 2010