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India has become the world's largest ship recycling nation, achieving its Maritime India Vision 2030 target five years ahead ...

The sleepy coastal village of Alang, about 50 kilometres from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, also known as the largest ship-recycling hub in the world, had a bad reputation until a decade ago. Reports ...

Presenting a very ambitious plan for ship recycling on the inaugural day of the “India Maritime Week 2025” at Mumbai on Monday, Gujarat government said it plans to recycle 15,000 ageing ships at Alang ...

Workers and their supervisors at the world's largest ship breaking yard at Alang, in coastal South Gujarat, are busy these days. For someone who had seen this graveyard of ships a decade ago with its ...

A slump in global crude oil price between 2014 and 2017 led to an influx of rigs and tanks in Gujarat's Alang for dismantling. (Image: IE) A slump in global crude oil price between 2014 and 2017 led ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The battle to save the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, Viraat, from being broken up for scrap has reached the Bombay High Court, with a Mumbai-based company filing a petition that will be heard on ...

The investment will nearly double Alang's recycling capacity from 4–4.5 million LDT to around 9 million LDT. The Centre is accelerating plans to transform Gujarat's Alang into a globally competitive ...

Workers on a ship anchored at ship recycling yard in Alang, Bhavnagar were shocked to find a leopard on the vessel on Saturday night. The ship breaking yard officials alerted the police and the forest ...

Alang, India – Standing on the windswept coastline of the Arabian Sea in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Ramakant Singh looks towards the empty, endless horizon. “In the olden days, ships lined ...