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Large shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh

Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard is located in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila, Bangladesh along the 18 kilometres (11&#;mi) Sitakunda coastal strip, 20 kilometres (12&#;mi) north-west of Chittagong.^[1] Handling about a fifth of the world's total.

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Largest ship breaking yard in the world

It was the world's largest ship breaking yard,^[2] until Alang Ship Breaking Yard in India took that spot.^[3] It employs over , Bangladeshis, making it among one of the largest ship breaking yard and accounts for around one-half of all the steel in Bangladesh.^[2]

It is the world's second-largest ship breaking yard, followed by Gadani ship-breaking yard (Pakistan) and Aliağa Ship Breaking Yard (Turkey).^[4]

History

In , after a severe cyclone, the Greek ship M D Alpine was stranded on the shores of Sitakunda, Chittagong.

It could not be re-floated and so remained there for several years. In , Chittagong Steel Hou