Worker in a shipbreaking yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2010 (Photo by Maro Kouri courtesy NGO Shipbreaking Platform) LONDON, UK, April 11, 2014 (ENS) – The International Maritime Organization and the ...

DHAKA, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The coronavirus pandemic has slowed efforts to make safer the often hazardous job of dismantling old ships in Bangladesh, officials said, following the ...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh/SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Abul Hossen is preparing for the arrival of dozens of ships that promise to carry his family and hundreds, if not thousands, of other Bangladeshis ...

The first ship carrying U.S. wheat to Bangladesh since the two countries reached an agreement where Bangladesh committed to purchasing more American wheat has departed. The ship was boarded the ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – A Malaysian aid ship anchored off Bangladesh on Monday bringing relief goods for some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who've fled Myanmar. Military spokesman ...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, April 4, 2014 (ENS) – Four shipbreaking workers were killed and three others were critically injured Thursday when a gas cylinder exploded in a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong.

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. The beaches of Chittagong are a massive graveyard for decommissioned ships and tankers.

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