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Last Port of Call for World’s Aging Ships at Kaohsiung
Kine Taiwan marks its last port of call as Kaohsiung ship breakers claim the world’s largest yards churn out hundreds of thousands of tons of scrap annually for sale locally and abroad. Owners sell aging vessels when operation becomes unprofitable or cargoes dry up. Vessels hail from Bangkok, Liverpool, Panama, Monrovia, New York, and London, circling the globe before final end in Kaohsiung.
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