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The Ships’ Graveyard

Summary/Abstract: The Ships’ Graveyard depicts the “history” of the industry dealing with the dismantlement of ships, which moved its location, throughout the 20th century, from the U.S. and Europe to Third World countries such as India. The shift is linked to the hefty costs in areas where wages and environmental protection laws are denting profits too much. By contrast, in the Third World, where the oversupply of labour is also triggering meagre wages, and environmental concerns are a trifle, profits are booming. Alang, a coastal strip in India, is emblematic for this industry which thrives in a reverse proportion to the degree of poverty of the population. At the same time, Alang is synonymous to the criminal connivance of the West and to the inferno of the Third World. Short-listed for “Lettre Ulysses Awards” 2005.

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