Thursday, January 26, 2006
End of the Line
Where do old supertankers go to die? To the Chittagong shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh. Half of the world's supertankers are disassembled there. When the tide is high, tankers are driven at full speed toward the shore. Once the water recedes, the ships rest along the muddy beach. Salvage crews move in and use gas cutting tools to reduce the vessels to scrap. It's nasty, dangerous work. Brendan Corr's photo essay End of the Line shows what shipbreaking in Chittagong looks like.
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