2007-12-25 23:15:07 · 5 answers · asked by bunnyontheloose 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
They're usually taken to a beach in India where they're run aground.
Then teams of labourers set about breaking them up.
A lot of asbestos was used on older ships so it's a job that will take many years of the workers lives.
2007-12-25 23:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
mccormac has it right, except that most is done in Bangladesh...driven aground and then cut into pieces...by hand.. and taken away...by hand... to be recycled into rebar for buildings....see the book "Breaking Ships" for a description of real 3rd world poverty...
2007-12-26 09:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are dumped at any designated disposal ground which are then accumulated by the all-time reliable, ALTVATER JAKOB.
2007-12-26 07:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by Mario_Bro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the belly of a shark.
2007-12-27 07:42:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they will be brought inland and be smashed up and recycled and be made into boats again.
2007-12-26 07:25:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋