Gujarat's Alang ship-breaking yard hits all-time low, hopes pinned on global recycling boomMV True Confidence, a doomed vessel from a missile attack, is set for dismantling in Alang, a declining ship-breaking hub facing economic c...
05 Apr, 2025, 11.15 PM IST
Momentous occasion for Alang as historic warship INS Viraat set for dismantlingThis Centaur-class aircraft carrier of Indian Navy that remained in service for almost 30 years and holds the Guinness record for world's l...
28 Sep, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
Decommissioned Indian Navy aircraft carrier 'Viraat' to start last journey on SaturdayThe vessel had served the Indian Navy for 30 years before being decommissioned in 2017 in Mumbai. It was the only warship in the Indian fle...
18 Sep, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
Labour shortage impedes operations at Alang shipbreaking yards“There is no labour for loading, unloading and ship cutting. Imagine running this labour intensive unit with just 30% of workers,” said Har...
24 Jun, 2020, 06.08 PM IST
Just sounds of waves breaking at Alang ship-breaking yardChittagong in Bangladesh and Alang in Gujarat are global leaders in the marine salvage industry, with the Indian facility having a clear ed...
04 Apr, 2020, 07.46 AM IST
Shipbreaking at Alang grinds to a complete haltChittagong in Bangladesh and Alang in Gujarat are global leaders in the marine salvage industry, with the Indian facility having a clear ed...
31 Mar, 2020, 11.24 AM IST
At Alang shipbreaking yard, worker safety remains a dusty dreamGoing the whole nine yards in Alang, the ship graveyard of the world, where worker safety and benefits are still a dusty, murky pipe dream.
23 Oct, 2016, 01.26 AM IST
Maersk Group plans to break ships at Alang Yard"The Maersk Group’s policy is to only recycle ships responsibly. Until recently, this was only feasible in a limited number of yards in Chi...
13 May, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
Gujarat comes out with policy to help Alang ship-breaking industryFinance Minister Saurabh Patel said the state government and Gujarat Maritime Board formulated the policy to promote the industrial activit...
18 Jan, 2016, 11.53 PM IST
Gujarat: High Court seeks Centre's reply to PIL on labourers' safety at AlangHC directed central government to file its reply to PILwhich sought labourers' safety at Alang ship-breaking yard in Bhavnagar district.
21 Nov, 2014, 09.35 PM IST
- Strengthen security at Alang ship-breaking yard: Panel
It has also said that the overall security at the yard be beefed up and the area should have more policemen.
17 Nov, 2013, 01.38 PM IST
- MoEF seeks details of ship in Alang from Guj authorities
The MoEF has sought details from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and Gujarat Maritime Board on a ship that has come for dismantling at ...
13 Oct, 2009, 04.46 PM IST
- Scrap from Alang may bring down steel prices
The increasing ship-breaking activity at the country’s largest ship-breaking yard, Alang, may cause a fall in steel prices, with hundreds o...
27 Feb, 2009, 02.03 AM IST
- Ship-breakers desert Alang yard
The hands that used to work on mammoth ocean liners and crude carriers and generated revenues worth Rs 80,000 crore till 2008 in one of the...
23 Apr, 2008, 04.41 AM IST
- Gujarat government plans SPV for Alang shipyard
The Gujarat government is planning to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle to develop, maintain and operate the Alang Ship Breaking yard on a p...
31 Mar, 2008, 10.30 PM IST
- Two dozen ships help Alang sail again
Alang in Gujarat is swinging back to life. Once world’s largest ship demolition centre, now a marginal player, Alang is slowly breathing li...
26 Nov, 2007, 01.55 AM IST
- Alang sets sail for new horizons
Newer shores await the world’s largest ship-breaking yard at Alang, as it is set for corporatisation.
31 Aug, 2006, 12.23 AM IST