Echoes of Ship Breaking

[@feltongailey8987]

Sawing the props apart....by hand?!!! This is cutting edge tech! No safety equipment. Working in shorts and flip-flops?! I've been watching this industry for 7-8 years now. If anything, it has devolved. My heart's out and hats off to these men and women.

[@WiscomptonBoys]

This Makes it sound a lot better there than it truly is. What a living hell.

[@todeotodeo140]

I would love to buy a few thousand pairs of work boots and distribute them. I don't have the extra funds though. I think this would make a small difference. Well done documentary. No high minded judgement. Showed the positive aspects and also the areas that have made improvement and areas the still need improvement. Excellent job.

[@denisiwaszczuk1176]

ill help you

[@imadequate3376]

Need to get them respirators. Some manufacturers still use Asbestos in those things, or, are old enough and safety standards in places are lax enough that ships with Asbestos in them are allowed to continue to sail. Mainly you want to worry about ships made in Russia as they gave zero f**ks about Asbestos because it works so well as fire proof insulation in the engine rooms and such.

[@kimchiba4570]

I applaud but unless you bring to them.. All stolen

[@todeotodeo6306]

@@kimchiba4570 haha. Yes true. I would bring myself. I will ponder more about this. I would really like to give work boots and two pairs of socks for them.

[@M711-n5n]

How about getting them a 3% cut of the tonnage they cut per ship..their wage would grow to 3.34 $us ..per day ..?

[@taiyoctopus2958]

Why do I get the sense that none of those suits in their plush fancy offices and hardwood desks worth thousands, don't give the slightest damn about solving the problem... but are more invested in simply appearing to give a damn about solving the problem?

[@juansevillano8981]

Best shirt ever used at 27:18 "Im smilling because I have no idea of where Im going" LOL...and the guy looked like he has not idea truly.. :)

[@nickvalorie]

NEO FENRIR that had me cracking up

[@tbamagic]

Yup. Hey, we have "clean" ship breaking right here in the USA. We did it for many years and still do. But we do it very differently...and it costs a LOT more. Just like manufacturing. Its all about the money, folks. Profits!!!!! It does not matter if its ship breaking of making tennis shoes. Follow the money flows and you will almost always end up in a place like this

[@cdmangsen]

This is very hard work. grunt labor. Watching this I cold clean this up with a few pieces of equipment, magnetic cranes, bulldozers, fork lifts, come on. And Hard hats, gloves and boots. and masks for the cutters. Not much money for these things. Could straighten this mess out over night for a small up front cost which would pay for itself over time. The people running this just don't care.

[@TheSinisterElf]

3 bucks a day thats about 1000 bucks a year per grunt a crane would cost about 500000 for a small one , why buy a 50000 fork lift when 20 Indians will lift and its cheaper to hire a new one that fix a fork truck,,,but do these people really look like they care look at the way they live, they all have smokes and cell phones but shit on the ground

[@brocongonigga3690]

Safety training😂what a f....ng joke working with no shoes😂

[@todeotodeo140]

Yes, very small investment. Those steel toe flip flops don't cut it. I would love to at least hand out some boots. Bring a few thousand pairs

[@quintuplebanned4267]

cdmangsen they need you, bad...

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

I'm thinking of changing my major and getting a job there, seems like very rewarding work.

[@TvshkaHumma]

Lol did anyone else see the guy with the t shirt that said "I'm smiling because I have no idea what is going on" lol

[@RoverWaters]

fuck off

[@gringo1965able]

hilarious !!

[@aliafaaqkhan2176]

for the poor workers, more appropriate phrase should be "i dont have sex, my bosses fuck me daily".

[@henryjefferies]

I’ve had a vasectomy

[@omegagavin]

Lol! This is an commercial for the wonderful world of shipbreaking as a career choice. Showing people handling asbestos with no protection and not even mentioning that they probably won’t live last 40 because of it. Good stuff!

[@andysaunders3708]

Yeah, had a certain degree of propaganda in favour of the industry... Glad to see that there is a union, of sorts. I'm bloody certain that there are far worse jobs in India - there are some fairly shitty ones in NZ, and no amount of money makes up for the danger and long-term effects of working with hideous chemicals to manufacture products that are then marketed as "green". Makes me want to puke.

[@josephjoelcharles9206]

The ship breaking industry = HELL.

[@madwah1]

Damn, someone is raking in Millions on this breaking business and it damn sure aint those poor workers.

[@ODAGGA]

madwah1 i worked it out to be around 90 million net profit per year

[@madwah1]

ODAGGA Man that's a killing!! And these worker doing all the gritty work are wading knee deep in shit. Slavery is surely alive and kicking

[@williamjames7854]

I

[@SepherStar]

madwah1 True. I saw a documentary on a ship breaking yard in Bangladesh. The working conditions were much poorer than this place but the men still cheered when a new ship beached. The owner bought the ship for something like $2 million USD. That's more than most Americans can afford and just a mind blowing amount for the average Bangladeshi. You would think the owner would have spare some money to give them boots, gloves, and helmets.

[@halamkajohn]

madwah1 -- its 7 usd dollars per one hundred pounds. i only recycle aluminum and copper. i recycled steel 1 time. the dodge was in a barely running condition. over the highway 17 hill. it seemed like the 2 girls at the scales were taking some money for themselves. scuba tank? i can sometimes calculate when a steel piece will break. that would require a fairly accurate weight estimate. then tensile strength omitting shear strength. without using mohrs circle. on ship is worth 10 or 20 million dollars. they have a lot of people.

[@UncleLejin88]

Exploitation of the highest degree.

[@MegaBomboloni]

But its a free market isnt it? These people are willing to work such a dangerous job for such low salary. No one is forcing theese peoples to work there.

[@MegaBomboloni]

@@amx8336 Well then do somthing about it, but at the end of the day, nobody is making workers to work there, its their own choice

[@dk3381]

I work as a welder in a shipyard here in japan and this video is the opposite of everything we do.No safety,No precautions And No PPE’s. This is Sad.

[@msnmath1228]

Yeah I build ships in Halifax Canada and the safety that we go through is so stringent and thorough. I would get fired so fast for not wearing PPE. I Sandblast and spray paint navy ships(mostly the ballast tanks) it is a gnarly job but this takes too of the charts for sure

[@Draxindustries1]

Looks a very nice place for a holiday, the beach looks lovely..

[@oscargrainger2962]

Hey I’d sit on a beach in a deckchair in a pair of shorts and a gallon of lager, and watch these poor fu*ers, take these ships apart. I’ve been to worse places lol.

[@davidcarmichael8394]

No one mentioned providing the workers with safety clothing which usually includes safety boots. There's enough profit in ship breaking for the company that is paying the workers to also be able to buy safety clothing . footwear gloves, welding masks and anything else to help these workers. Its not just about huge profit for the fat cats.

[@cdmangsen]

Hard hats, gloves and boots. and masks for the cutters. Not much money for these things. Could they unionize and go out on strike?

[@polynesianfightnationaotea4913]

David Carmichael: you got it wrong mate. it's all about profit. Nothing else really matters. not lives, no1 health, NOTHING!!! it's all ways been that way, and it always will be. did you forget that it was Bangladesh u talking about.

[@vtecpreludevtec]

+Polynesianfightnation Aotearoa Kia kaha,Wainuiomata!

[@vtecpreludevtec]

+Mike Berg If safety regs higher wages etc,come it will go to the next cheaper place.As they Japanese man explained.

[@gringo1965able]

If you gave them boots, I bet you that they would not wear them.

[@godbluffvdgg]

To them; OSHA is a small town in Ohio!

[@nekoroms]

its not even that :D they would just ask "what ohio"

[@asiasyedpakistan15]

ECHOES OF SHIP BREAKING. DEC 14, 2021. BEAUTIFULLY FILMED VIDEO PART BY PART. NOT BORING AT ALL.WELL INFORMING IN MANY WAYS. BEAUTIFUL NARRATION.

[@steveturpin4242]

This is a Fat Cat promo for Shipbreakers...I notice the guy says"We"...he means "them" the workers!

[@u-go3732]

Very nice way to explain the process of dismantling a ship's hull. By the way, not the best choice for the voice host. When in the world are this guys who made the video, are going to take one minute of the time, to explaine in which way all these poor workers are insured or fully covered in case of an accident which, by the way, are quite common. I honestly think those bankers still sleep like angels at night, simply because they don't give a peanut to whatever happens to the worker, as long as they make money!!!!!!!!

[@martyotherhopkins1663]

Amazing how the human can make using poor people so the best thing for everybody Great company video

[@brianwhite1182]

I just watched the Vice documentary about the corruption, hazards, and all around hell of this industry, absolutely horrifying.

[@tomjones9137]

This documentary is dedicated to any Westerner who is complaining about going to work.

[@grammargrub]

Very well produced film. Thank you.

[@paxmule]

Agree

[@keithhawkins653]

Half of them don't even have shoes let alone proper boots imagine walking around there in bare feet.

[@cryptoxenologist]

Ya know. If I decide to travel the globe..id start here.. seriously.. this would be a fresh start.. mentally and physically..

[@taiyoctopus2958]

How is this not the most dangerous job on the planet??? Crab fisherman seems comparatively safe compared to this.

[@jonathanrihan8519]

Bonded labor in India.. modern day slavery

[@cyber69]

so the Indian construction steels are made out of steel that was saturated in salt water for 30-50+ years?

[@DiodeMilliampere]

it it's reforged does it matter?

[@keter1234]

Don't you love the safety features here... ? Helmets, steel toe boots, safety harnesses....

[@teksal13]

Actually, steel toe boots aren't used where you're working with extremely heavy materials. The steel toe could be crushed onto your foot. They would rather get your foot out of the boot even if its crushed.

[@ciaranocallaghan171]

16:00 "During the 1800's..." "...but at the beginning of the 19th century" those are the same thing lol

[@bodychoke]

lol lol lol so smart lol

[@ciaranocallaghan171]

Thank you

[@ArcturanMegadonkey]

sandals!! I cannot imagine how many feet injuries there must be! Health and safety? nope, never heard of him, I think he must work on the west side of the yard!

[@dancoleman8234]

Fantastic documentary, thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@douglasmacomber2277]

What you like about? No safty anything or there slum living quarters?

[@jjthomas2297]

Disgusting exploitation

[@Cokefag2423]

These companies could provide some basic level of safety training as well as a little bit of personal protective equipment (PPE): hardhats, safety shoes, gloves, masks, reflective vests, and safety glasses and they would without a doubt see a massive reduction in the number of injuries and bad press. It would maybe cost $30 per worker, probably less. They don't even have to let the workers keep the PPE, it's literally chump change that would save so much human life.

[@dreddj.9451]

30 x 60,.000 plus need to replace maybe once a month,,, hmmmm ,,, thats gonna fly right out the door, FD !!!!

[@crashstitches79]

Hey, cool. Happily talking about asbestos while workers handle it bare-handed and open-mouthed.

[@corvusprojects]

crashstitches79 Well what do you expect them to do? Give each and every person safety gear for a day? What about every other day they have to work? It's not the filmmaker's responsibility. It's their government's.

[@josekrinkle6206]

Damn puts me bitching about my job into perspective.

[@JohnDoeRando]

Jose Krinkle doesn't it though? It made me feel a helluva lot better going into work today.

[@Jerbod2]

The interview shots were waaaayyy too boring, I loved the bits where they explained all the jobs like the cleaners, the cutters, the loaders etc. Interesting business.

[@lisanicholson-g4p]

I wish I could send them a giant box of gloves and face masks bless their hearts

[@123whoisjerry]

Please to all rich people reading this, donate food to these ship breaker hero’s please!❤

[@phoneone1371]

I bet you could make a fortune selling hose repair kits and tip cleaners there

[@SF-fb6lv]

Why not just make gigantic automated plasma-cutter ship-breaking indestructible robot from hell, and unleash its fury?

[@bruceau8394]

@ 17.50 That cutter has guts.

[@quintuplebanned4267]

Bruce AU that cutter is desperate.

[@kevinmartin4607]

Who should I contact or talk to so I can send some cutting shields to these guys ? As a metal cutter myself, a face shield has saved me numerous times.

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

I think Red Cross might help hand them out if they get them. Red Cross Complex, Near Khadi Board, Ashram Road, Old Wadaj, Ahmedabad - 13 GUJARAT, INDIA

[@jonk9977]

Jimmy Hoffa,is alive and well

[@rocksnot952]

Wow. It's just the circle of life. Unless you happen to be in the shipbreaking business.

[@mard420]

Ironic....they need the work, yet in North America, other than environmental laws, you could automate most of the process....if you have cheap steel and labour, you can just build stuff to make the whole process more efficient...there are more than enough resources on site to improve the whole work atmosphere, speed it up, clean it up, make it easier to work....I'm Canadian, they let me go there for a year, they would be doing 500 ships a year, and have less injuries, prob less staff though, man...I'd love to go there and run that, no rules, you'd seem like a saint for making it safer

[@teksal13]

Wow. You're a fucking genius. Let's write them a letter and they will be begging you to come over.

[@mard420]

man, would love to go there, show them how its done with machinery built from the scraps of the ships, make some rail lines, build better cranes, build crushers, get them free safety gear from sponsorship

[@teksal13]

What is stopping you? You could fix the world! Have you written to them or called? Have you made any real effort to communicate with them?

[@5274-z5d]

job is hell on earth

[@gringo1965able]

Excellent video !!!

[@jor4288]

Very fine video. Well produced and explained.

[@jfchonors8873]

33:50. Ship breaking is a green industry. You gotta be kidding me

[@beboploo]

the foot wear gets me

[@ToreDL87]

.. what footwear?

[@17hmr243]

they need to do this in dry docs but sad to think of the future of workers health

[@joanhauck6159]

Gummy Bear

[@dreddj.9451]

I agree so much FF,, , one video stated it would take decades,, I would estimate, 50 years to clean and return it to the blue waters it had in the 60's,,,, sad is a truism,,, heartbreaking and angry is what I feel,,, TC,, HAGD

[@HouseDrone1]

I saw these docs years ago and never forgot about these poor people,, God bless there poor enslaved souls.

[@TwentyNine97]

At 1:26 good picture on wall))

[@dorivallarabicudo9232]

Is it easy to get the name of those ships breaking ??? Before or, after breaking?

[@TvshkaHumma]

Did that guy have the nerve to say it is "environmentally friendly"? The camera man should have slapped him.

[@ArjunSingh-yl3nd]

Actually it is probably a little less damaging to environment then mining and smelting done to make new steel but surely is not environment friendly at all

[@darylovaltine]

Arjun Singh no it’s not.

[@SpaceGhost999]

All these breaking companies say this in every documentary I've ever watched about Alang and Mumbai.

[@kevinporter6426]

Damn!! They gotta literally sit there and manually saw that damn big-ass propeller???!!!

[@TvshkaHumma]

Im disturbed by the fact these people are doing that work without proper safety, such as sandals!

[@epistte]

The shipbreaking process would be 10x cleaner, safer, and faster if they worked in a dry dock where the entire ship would be disassembled at once instead of just the bow grounded on the beach.

[@balargus319]

Too expensive. Sand is cheaper.

[@epistte]

@@balargus319 That beach is now a toxic waste site and will be forced to be remediated. The toxins are also washed into the ocean at high tide.

[@balargus319]

@@epistte The beach is indeed toxic now. However, it is still cheaper to the point of being profitable, and the international regulatory environment for shipbreaking has a race to the bottom disincentive against regulation or environmental cleanup. They USED to use drydocks, but eventually the costs of doing it the right way became too high, and the benefits of doing it the $$$$ way irresistable.

[@webstercat]

Ship Breakers could never understand what the emotion of being offended is….

[@stormytempest3907]

Tough Lads! Brave as Well!

[@welderjedi5145]

One of these ships probably carried your vcr.

[@vincesnetterton5868]

very sad to see destruction of the workers health and the environment. the earth has no hope

[@rahulbambhaniya]

very good video Prathamesh sir, i want to learn with you. please i want to join you

[@punjabipunjabde1631]

Good

[@101jumpit]

Wonder what happens to the communications equipment ?

[@perfectprint6320]

i'm curios what those peoples were doing(working, eating) before breaking ship industry started there?

[@ardkoreable]

dealing drugs :D

[@luisgonzalez9638]

The rich always rich by the hard working people.

[@rashivalapuram6542]

Shame of you Narendra Modi ( Chief Minister of Gujarat)

[@brocongonigga3690]

Narendra is living the good life he does not work there he does not give a f..k☁😕

[@mrnemo204]

Hey, compared to the conditions in 2004, it looks better.

[@lsudan2670]

POOR PEOPLE :-(((((( THERE IS NO OPTION BUT TO ADAPT TO SLAVERY ,INCOPENTENCE , INDIFERENCE, THIS IS THE WORLD WE LEAVE IN , I PRAY TO GOD TO END THIS !!!!

[@seantbr2019]

I'm a welder and I cut a lot with a torch I wouldn't want to go and change the way these people work because it's not my place but I'd def like to buy them some boots or face shields

[@SkinnyCow.]

Is the sky ever blue ?

[@ericlakota1847]

They need to have some invirmental safety installed in their yards safety and pay is up to then but invirmental standards are needed

[@sangamshet]

i will request everyone to watch NTD doccumentary on shipbreakers in same area.

[@edvanes5178]

hell on earth... stop making children in such envoirment.

[@UQRXD]

Greedy people have no regard for human life. Unbridled breeding in India major problem. India rich in gold.

[@waterbird91]

THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE REST OF THE WORLD. The company they work for should be shut down till they are made compliable. The safety of the workers should be priority. This company is taking advantage of these workers and are exploitingor them like slaves. This company should not be tolerated by the ship owners who take their ships for dismantling. This kind of slave labor should not be tolerated. India needs to be shut down till they comply. Simply intolerable to have to see this in this day & age.

[@jonosbro]

This is the third world we're talking about. They do not have the same standards as us. And believe it or not, all of the shipbreaking workers themselves would be against your idea - this is their livelihood. These people, statistically speaking, have a lower IQ and lower intelligence than people in Western countries. Things are unlikely to ever change in the world and trying to make it change is futile.

[@715JuliusF]

they cant they have nothing to trade... no minerals nothing

[@715JuliusF]

they cant they have nothing to trade... no minerals nothing

[@clutch5sp989]

I could do the work of 10 with the simple invention of a 2-wheeler from HF.

[@robertschwarberg9830]

I ran a torch for years for a company that subcontract us out those guys need ppe metatarsal guard boots helmets flash shield just flame break jackets and lots of training watching them go in those pits with oxygen running build up and it will blow up didn't even see a valve cover on the tanks the ship yard needs to build and hire a hospital with all the money there making

[@dreddj.9451]

Just for kicks Rob,, I got a welding degree,, and I not only have the leather and steel boots, but the full leathers, the apron, the gauntlets, the gloves, a wide range mask, or full dimming goggles if I am cutting, and a face shield,,, I have been burnt once, by a flying spark, and never caught fire,,, (though one Vietnamese kid set the hoses on fire in class,, true story,, he didnt come back to class the next week,,, ;[ ) ,, but I agree 100%,, but its not gonna happen,,

[@EMPHASYSNETS]

Aweful!!!

[@mikdemps]

No pesky OSHA snooping around

[@snowlover71]

Seems to be better regulated in India than in Bangladesh

[@welderjedi5145]

We're all part of this. Have you ever bought anything imported. I know i have. I'm typing on something that came on a ship.

[@rickprusak9326]

Wonderful safety measures used here. Protectective hard hats, and flip flops.

[@scottrobinson2286]

17:50 wow guy cutting right behind the collapse

[@VRPrath]

That’s a final cut.

[@scottrobinson2286]

@@VRPrath yep final cut,of that load swung back hes dead.Not worth it.Got 20 men to take his job over scrap metal.Owner needs to invest in some Heavy equipment its sad

[@obedclemente3099]

"The process of shipbreaking is not that complicated" says the guy that's in an office dressed in a suit. how ridicule is this guy.

[@nekoroms]

Yeah the guy just pays some workers and says ""do it or i'll fire you and get more people"" thats simple from his perspective

[@livingabovethe12th]

Just by eyeballing it though it looks like the ship breaking yards in India arent nearly as bad as the ones in Bangladesh.... well they're all bad but you understand what I'm saying

[@dancujo5591]

All compartments tested and declared gas free? Bet a lot of have blown themselves into pieces.

[@سطحهالسطحه]

لا اعلم لماذا لا يستخدمون الالات والماكينات المكابس الهيدروليكية لتقطيع الحديد ونقلة وكبسه لماذا لا يتم القص بالماء المضغوط لماذا لا يتم التقطيع في حوض جاف نفس الذي يتم البناء به

[@ТохаИран]

Доброго времени суток))) С кем я могу провести переговоры по вопросу покупки МЕТАЛА... Спасибо С уважением Анатолий...

[@bobbyzare2599]

Anyone notice the hundreds of acetylene and oxygen tanks in the background

[@deannelson9565]

Been doing it for three centuries you say since 1838 you say! Hmmm me thinks you are not all that familiar with the actual definition of a century!

[@lorumipsum1129]

i feel like im watching a traing video for the ship yard.

[@dreddj.9451]

Thats what I was seeing to XV,, like they were lining you up for your days work tomorrow, and how nice and easy it is, and dont YOU make mistakes, and look how much fun everybody is having!! hahahahahaha

[@derekgrant3417]

absolutely rediculous.these workers shouldn't have to ask for shit besides there paycheck.shit makes me sick

[@Lilcyclop]

Yesterday I went to McDonald's and they forgot to put pickles on my burger

[@vanezzavonbargen473]

Dan Laesu,Heres my answer for you,I think you are truly sicks honestly speaking,may I ask why Sir? it's because it's seems to me all the problems of human beings here on earth,or individual human beings here on earth,you are trying to blames that to the world, I think you are totally out of your mind after all,truthfully,blames the corrupt government and their evil religions controlling their country,and whoever the human beings they worships here on earth,and its affecting their life without knowing yeah! inbesides,human beings here on earth,individual human beings made their own choices in their life,and no matter what choices they made either poor or rich,thats their decisions in their life,and you cannot blames that to some one else or to the other peoples,the world had nothing to do with it when it comes into their life of choices and decisions making in their life Sir,I think you are totally,disgusting by your lies,and influence by the evil religions man made here on earth Sir,it'really sad are they Sir? I answer another guy also,but not quiet thesame my answer to you Sir,and next time before you open your mouth search the truth Sir,It look's like to me you are a total loser and full of ego.it's sad.I mean no offend or no harm,enjoy your day pls,kindly Sir.and thanks.

[@Joshua-pg9vn]

Not a good take home pay for the graft that these people are putting into these stingy ship breaking companies. Damn!, i didn't know ship propeller's are bronze. Think I'm Gunna go n nick me some ship propeller's. Take it easy out in the Bahamas for a few years.. ;).

[@TheTheratfarmer]

a perfeclly good ship.

[@teksal13]

The ships are old , worn out, and maintaining them cost more than they are worth. It's not like an old car.

[@doncarlson100]

This is where unions can be a help to the people. Hopefully the union bosses won’t exploit the workers.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

Ha ha ha. We've seen how that works.