Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, has become the main place in the world for dismantling large ocean going ships and oil tankers, a massive recycling industry commonly known as shipwrecking. The so-called Chittagong "shipyard complex" consists of approximately ten kilometers of flat beaches and sand-banks where ships are stranded and, after any usable equipment is removed, broken down for their steel.
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Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, has become the main place in the world for dismantling large ocean going ships and oil tankers, a massive recycling industry commonly known as shipwrecking. The so-called Chittagong "shipyard complex" consists of approximately ten kilometers of flat beaches and sand-banks where ships are stranded and, after any usable equipment is removed, broken down for their steel.
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Gudzowaty, Tomasz. Fine in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" Tall. (POL) Stated 1st edition, Owner's inscription and date to half title, no other markings, otherwsie Fine in Very Good dust jacket with light rubbing to panels of DJ. Black cloth, no page numbers about 50 B&W full page photos of del=relict ships and ship workers with pages of text in English, French, German and Polish. These are photos of workers disassembling worn-oout ships on a beach near Chttagong, in the former Eastern Pakistan. (2.7 JM LVR 202/b4.