Gallery: See Workers Tear Apart a 650-Foot Ship in Shanghai

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    The Tristan of Wallenius Lines was a 650-foot-long car carrier.
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    A crane carries away an entire section of the ship.
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    A worker climbs a ladder aboard the Tristan.
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    The Tristan was dismantled over 12 weeks in the summer of 2015.
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    Workers survey the exposed guts of the ship.
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    A worker uses a blow torch to cut through steel.
  • All fluids and hazardous materials must be removed from the ship.
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    All fluids and hazardous materials must be removed from the ship.
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    Workers use cutting torches to dismantle the ship piece by piece.
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    Sparks fly as torches cut through the ship's steel.
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    A detail of the Tristan.
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    The steel will be melted down and recycled.
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    A sweeping view of the work site.
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    The Tristan car carrier was built in 1983.
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    A worker poses with his cutting torch aboard the Tristan car carrier.
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