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The unique continental shelf near Chittagong allow ships to be brought right up to the beach. The Norwegian ship UMA, at Royal Shipyard, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. August 8, 2008. Ship breaking, popularly known as 'beaching', started as a business in 1972. At present there are 20 Ship breaking yards, on the beach of the Bay of Bengal, spreading about 8 square kilometer in Sitakunda of Chittagong. (Photo by: Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The unique continental shelf near Chittagong allow ships to be brought right up to the beach. The Norwegian ship UMA, at Royal Shipyard, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. August 8, 2008. Ship breaking, popularly known as 'beaching', started as a business in 1972. At present there are 20 Ship breaking yards, on the beach of the Bay of Bengal, spreading about 8 square kilometer in Sitakunda of Chittagong. (Photo by: Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The unique continental shelf near Chittagong allow ships to be b
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