Even though the ship recycling industry body reportedly mentioned that the Alang ship-breaking yard wasn’t utilized to its optimum capacity, Sarabananda Sonowal, who is India’s Union Minister for ports, shipping, and waterways, has mentioned that the Gujarat government has envisaged doubling up the ship-breaking capacity based in Alang to nearly 10 million metric tonnes per annum (MMPTA).
This is when over 50% of the capacity of 4.5 MMPTA of the Alang yard, which could break up to 400–500...