Visit Alang shipbreaking yards

[Bj]

I understand that M/S Safeer Express has ETA Alang in India on February 3 for scrapping.

Does anyone have experience in visiting Alang shipbreaking yards, when the purpose is to see the ship and not criticize the working condiotons ?
If anyone has experience with the above, I'll receive information with great thanks.

Another option is if anyone has contacts at Alang, which could help with the visit.

Greeting bdk, Norway

[Phil English]

Bjorn,

I understand that Alang shipbreaking yards rarely accept visitors, unless it is business-related. However, you could try contacting these people, who are the cash buyers:
http://www.gmsinc.net/gms/home.php
Good luck!

Brgds
Phil

[Kai R]

you might wish to contact Peter Knego, maritime journalist. He blogs on www.maritimematters.com and visits Alang regularly. Also there was a group of German and Finnish people visiting Finnjet there, I believe it was Matthias Saken. http://www.finnjetweb.com/en/ . You can find the video on youtube and maybe you can contact them.

Regards

Kai

[CedricH]

Hi,

from what I have understood by reading Peter Knego's blogs is that you also have to be lucky about which breaker you contact, some are more happy to help you than others

[Kai R]

it will also help if you go there to buy things off the ship. That is what the breakers do for a living, selling old ships in parts.

Regards

Kai