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HAZARDOUS SHIP: Environmentalists are now crying foul saying that the inspection was not done properly.

HAZARDOUS SHIP: Environmentalists are now crying foul saying that the inspection was not done properly.

Toxic ship gets clean chit from Environment Ministry

A Ministry of Environment and Forests report has given a clean chit to a US ship - Platinum II - anchored at Alang port for scrapping.

RISKY BUSINESS: Fatal accident rate at Alang six times that of notoriously unsafe mining industry.

Alang ship-breakers disabled by asbestos

An expert committee found that 16 per cent of the workers at Alang suffer from an early stage of asbestosis.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/alang-shipbreakers-disabled-by-asbestos/20775-17.html

GREEN SIGNAL: Blue Lady docked at Gujarat

Toxic ship docks at Alang

Cruise liner Blue Lady docked at Gujarat's Alang ship breaking yard after getting permission from the Supreme Court.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/toxic-ship-docks-at-alang/18692-3.html

PERMISSION GRANTED: The Supreme Court has given Blue Lady, a Norwegian Cruise Liner permission to beach in Alang.

Blue Lady to beach in Alang

The Supreme Court has given Blue Lady, a Norwegian Cruise Liner permission to beach in Alang.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/blue-lady-to-beach-in-alang/17529-3.html

SCRAP-PED: Clemenceau, a French aircraft carrier, was not allowed to be broken in Alang following nationwide protests.

India, the mother of all junkyards

Want to buy a lifeboat? How about a ballroom chandelier or soap once offered to passengers of a cruise ship?

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-the-mother-of-all-junkyards/13482-3.html

TROUBLED WATERS: The Blue Lady may not be allowed to dock at Alang, Gujarat.

Gujarat may not welcome Blue Lady

Cruise liner Blue Lady is facing protests from environmentalists and may not be allowed to dock at Alang, Gujarat.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gujarat-may-not-welcome-blue-lady/11239-3.html

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