Ever wonder where the big ships — like the Jahre Viking — go when they die? Here’s an amazing photo journal about ship salvage operations in Bangladesh; short but poignant. Amazingly low-tech approach to tearing the monsters apart.
via Treehugger.
Jahre Viking: This is a big ship. The biggest in the world, it turns out. The Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) oil tanker Jahre Viking was the largest ship afloat in 2004. At 485.46 metres [1,503 feet long] from tip to tip, she surpasses the tallest land structure, the 424-meter…