Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Exxon Valdez is one of thousands of ships dismantled at the Alang ship-breaking yard in western Indian state of Gujarat, India ...

Every year, thousands of massive cargo ships, tankers, and cruise liners reach the end of their lives and are sent to one ...

Danish shipping firm Maersk has announced it will send two decommissioned vessels to a facility in Alang, India, that it says can comply with safety and environmental responsibility best practices.

Click here to see a slideshow of Peter Knego's visit to Alang, India. Streaked in rust, its twin funnels a sun-parched shade of green, the Independence drifted through melting fog across the San ...

Along a stretch of beach in northwest India, a dormant graveyard for ships is stirring again, driven by an aging “dark fleet” of tankers ferrying restricted oil – just as the country’s dependence on ...

Report by Indian research institute reveals poor enforcement of occupational health and safety provisions The working and living conditions at the shipbreaking yards of Alang, India, remain alarmingly ...