Rudra Green Ship Recycling
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Location

Alang, Gujarat.

The coastline that makes ship recycling at scale possible — and the location Rudra Green Ship Recycling operates from.

At a glance

District
Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Coast
Gulf of Khambhat
Since
1983

Why Alang

A coastline built by geography for this work.

Alang sits on the Gulf of Khambhat in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat — a stretch of coastline with one of the highest tidal ranges in the world. That range is what makes the location viable for ship recycling at scale: vessels can be beached at high tide and worked on exposed ground as the water recedes.

That natural advantage is why Alang has grown into the world's largest ship recycling hub — and why Rudra Green Ship Recycling operates here rather than at a conventional dry-dock facility.

District

Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Coastline

Gulf of Khambhat

Known as

World's largest ship recycling hub

Method

Tidal beaching

HIGH TIDE — BEACHINGLOW TIDE — EXPOSED FOR CUTTINGTIDAL RANGE

Fig. 01 — The tidal beaching method used across Alang

A hub, not a single yard

Rudra operates as one facility within a much larger ecosystem.

10+ km

Coastline of ship recycling plots at Alang

150+

Recycling yards operating along the stretch

1983

Ship recycling began at Alang