Gadani is a small town in Hub tehsil of Baluchistan's Lasbela district.
Located about 46 kilometers to the north-west of Karachi.
The yard consists of 132 shipbreaking plots located across a 10km
long beachfront at Gadani.
Annual capacity of breaking up to 125 ships of all sizes.
The sand at the beaches here is neither muddy nor loose.
3. Introduction:
• The life of a ship is about 30 to 35 years.
• Ships are dismantled, then recycled into further use.
• Shipbreaking can be a viable for national economy.
• World’s 70% of ships are dismantled on the South Asian shores.
• In 1980s, Gadani was the largest shipbreaking yard in the world.
• Employed 30,000 workers in 1980s.
• Now 3rd largest and employees decreased from 30,000 to 6000.
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5. History:
• Gadani is a small town in Hub tehsil of Baluchistan's Lasbela district.
• Located about 46 kilometers to the north-west of Karachi.
• The yard consists of 132 shipbreaking plots located across a 10km
long beachfront at Gadani.
• Annual capacity of breaking up to 125 ships of all sizes.
• The sand at the beaches here is neither muddy nor loose.
9. SHIP BREAKING IN PAKISTAN:
• Industry provides raw material to the domestic Steel Industry.
• bringing scrap ships and cutting and converting it into Raw Material.
• Rerolling material mainly for Rerolling Industry and small Steel Cottage
Industries.
• Meltable steel/ iron scrap goes to Remelting Industry as well.
• 20,000 direct skilled and unskilled workers at Gadani.
• 200,000 are employed into downstream industries, contractors,
transporters, petty traders and cottage industry etc.
