India allows dismantling of Alaska tanker Exxon Valdez

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Source: BBC

India's Supreme Court has allowed the giant tanker Exxon Valdez, which was involved in one of the world's worst oil spills, to be dismantled at a ship-breaking yard in Gujarat.

The judges said the Gujarat Maritime Board and the Atomic Regulatory Board had certified that the ship contained no hazardous material.

The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety", entered Indian waters in May.

The court then said it would not be allowed in until it was decontaminated.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19059063

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1. Maybe they could do the same for the former "Condoleezza Rice"

Just saying.

Wish I could post pics with my iPhone. I would post the pic of her named super tanker.

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2. Here ya go, although it has been since renamed

Now renamed to "Altair Voyager" -

[NV Whino]

3. Well, of course it has no contaminates

They're all in Alaskan waters.

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4. Dirty Business: Shipbreaking in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/6214872.stm

(this is a few years old but it's still relevent)

Vast amounts of waste are exported daily from the industrialised world to developing countries - all in the name of recycling.

But much of this trade is illegal, dangerous and environmentally disastrous to the countries who receive it.

Liz Carney travels to India, Nigeria, Czech Republic and the USA to lift the lid on the multi billion dollar trade that dumps western waste on some of the world's poorest nations.

The Blue Lady, once one of the world's most glamorous cruise ships, is currently beached at the huge ship-breaking yard of Alang in India.

more at link...

and...

Reports Focus on Indian Shipbreaking
http://www.voanews.com/content/reports-focus-on-indian-shipbreaking-147969395/180441.html

(a much more recent article)

Alang beach in India's Gujarat province is one of the world's biggest shipping graveyards, an access-restricted, mafia-controlled funerary ground for hulking steel-container vessels marooned for demolition.

Eighty percent of the world's international trade crosses the globe by ship, and each year hundreds of these massive retired freighters are physically dismantled in ocean-shoreline breaking yards.

Two reports released in New Delhi this week are renewing focus on the industry's near total lack of environmental or labor oversight, and its connection to organized crime.

According Federico Demaria, an Italian economist affiliated with New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, even gaining permission to watch shipbreaking in progress can prove extremely difficult.

much more at link...

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5. interesting. Thanks for the links