Demolition Man
SHIP DEMOLITION MAY EMERGE AS A VIBRANT
NEW INDUSTRY IN EUROPE
by: SAMI J. ANTEROINEN
photos: TURKU REPAIR YARD LTD.
Ocean liners at the end of their lifecycle present a problem. Usually, these retired ships have found their way
to India or Bangladesh, where they are demolished. However, workers’ conditions are rarely as they should
be – in fact, Global Trade Union group IndustriAll has called ship-breaking “the world’s most dangerous job”.
Quite often, the demolishing sites are also ripe with environmental risks.
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