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The End of the Line

The End of the Line is a photo essay about Bangledeshi salvage of supertankers that has been making the rounds with good reason. Have a look. Amazing quote: “The scrap metal stripped off these vessels supplies 80 percent of Bangladesh’s steel.”

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One Response to “The End of the Line”

  1. Kevin Says:
    September 21st, 2007 at 9:32 am

    Wired Magazine (one of my secret vices) did a piece about shipbreaking in India some years ago, with similar interesting pictures (although they appear to have archived only the text):

    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.08/supertankers_pr.html