Gadani Beach Shipbreakers

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Similar operation to the yards at Alang: old ships are run aground and slowly broken up by hundreds of local laborers over a period of months.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadani_ship-breaking_yard
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Coordinates:   25°2'37"N   66°42'28"E

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  • Does anyone know of or have any photos of 2 ships broken up at Alang and Gadani Beach in the 1990's.. Ohrmazd in 1994 and Vintecinco De Majo in 1999 Chris Claydon
  • See video about this place at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKrhndjF6k
  • Said to be the third largest breaking yard in the World after Alang in Western India and Chittagong in Bangladesh.
  • 27 ships 2/11/2017
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