shipbreakers
Vessel demolition workers
Shipbreakers are workers or companies that dismantle decommissioned vessels for scrap metal and salvageable parts.
The work is hazardous, involving cutting through steel hulls and handling toxic materials like asbestos and lead paint.
Major shipbreaking operations concentrate in South Asia, where labor is cheap and environmental regulations looser: The tanker was sold to shipbreakers in Bangladesh.
Discarding as worthless
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- disassemblySeparating into components
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
reclamation · recovery · repurposing · decommissioning · demolition · reusing · upcycling · retrieval
Lifting machines or birds
- drydockDrained basin for hull work
- beachingLanding on shore
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
metalwork · machinery · fabrication · manufacturing · haulage · chains · winches · platforms
Devices for severing material
- weldersThose who fuse metals
- scrappersThose who fight scrappily
- laborersWorkers doing physical tasks
- torchesPortable fire on poles
oxy-acetylene · goggles · overalls · rigging · hoists · hazards · asbestos · toxic
Ships transporting fluids
- freightersShips designed for hauling goods
- cargoTransported goods
- containerThing for storing items
- supertankersLargest oil-carrying ships
warships · cruisers · liners · ferries · trawlers · oilers · decommissioned · obsolete
scrapping
Discarding as worthless
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- disassemblySeparating into components
recycling · reclamation · recovery · repurposing · decommissioning · demolition · reusing · upcycling · retrieval · materials
cranes
Lifting machines or birds
welding · metalwork · machinery · fabrication · manufacturing · haulage · chains · winches · platforms · slipway
cutters
Devices for severing material
torches · oxy-acetylene · goggles · overalls · rigging · hoists · hazards · asbestos · toxic · Chittagong
tankers
Ships transporting fluids
- freightersShips designed for hauling goods
- cargoTransported goods
- containerThing for storing items
supertankers · warships · cruisers · liners · ferries · trawlers · oilers · decommissioned · obsolete · rusted