Shipyard workers walk past cut metal pieces and other remnants of a dismantled ship laid out on the yard in one of the 127 ship-breaking plots in Geddani. – Photo by AFP

A recently beached cargo vessel waits to be dismantled. – Photo by AFP

A worker pulls on a wire he will connect to a thick chain that will in turn be used to peel away a slab of the outer structure of a vessel. – Photo by AFP

Workers use blow torches to cut up metal broken off vessels beached at one of the ship-breaking plots. – Photo by AFP

A worker uses a blow torch to cut through metal inside the hull of a vessel. – Photo of AFP

A worker is enveloped in the fumes coming off a separating wall he is cutting through with his a blow torch. – Photo by AFP

Workers take a break from work as they crouch on a platform of a vessel. – Photo by AFP

A worker pulls on a wire attached to a motor that will help peel away part of the outer structure of a beached vessel. – Photo by AFP

Workers carry sacks filled with scrap metal pieces they picked up on the shore. – Photo by AFP

A worker takes a break from clearing out the inside of the hull of a vessel. – Photo by AFP

A worker pulls water from a well to wash himself after the end of his shift. – Photo by AFP

A worker washes himself at the end of his shift. – Photo by AFP

A worker ends his shift cutting through metal inside the hull of a cargo ship. – Photo by AFP

Shipyard workers walk past cut metal pieces and other remnants of a dismantled ship laid out on the yard in one of the 127 ship-breaking plots in Geddani. – Photo by AFP