The abandoned ships of Elefsina, Greece
Greek authorities have begun to remove dozens of rusting, half-sunken hulks in and near the Gulf of Elefsina. Here's a look at the final days of this ship graveyard.
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, a half sunken cruise ship lays on its side, in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.”(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, half sunken and abandoned ships, in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, a half sunken ship lies in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, an abandoned ship is tied up in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Authorities have begun efforts to remove dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships that lie semi-submerged or completely sunken near the major port of Piraeus, the nearby island of Salamina and the Gulf of Elefsina, an industrial area of shipyards and factories. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, a man fishes as a half sunken and abandoned ships are moored in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, a half sunken ferry lays on its side in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, half sunken and abandoned ships are photographed in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.”(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, an abandoned ship is tied up in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, abandoned ships are moored in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, seagulls sit on a half sunken cruise ship in the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, in a shipyard of Perama, west of Athens, workers cut up the rusted remains of a ferry that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, in a shipyard of Perama, west of Athens, workers cut up the rusted remains of a ferry that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.”(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece Raising Shipwrecks Photo Gallery
In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, in a shipyard of Perama, west of Athens, workers cut up the rusted remains of a ferry that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.”(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece Raising Shipwrecks Photo Gallery
In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, in a shipyard of Perama, west of Athens, workers cut up the rusted remains of a ferry that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece Raising Shipwrecks Photo Gallery
In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, in a shipyard of Perama, west of Athens, workers cut up the rusted remains of a ferry that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.”(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo, a half sunken small boat is visible near a shipyard in Salamina island, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo, a half sunken small boat is photographed near a shipyard in Salamina island, west of Athens as a man lights a candle at a roadside shrine. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 photo, a cut tanker with crude oil, that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck is photographed at a dock in Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo, a half sunken floating platform near a shipyard in Salamina island, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, a small boat, that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck is photographed at a dock in Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 photo, a small boat, that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck is photographed at a dock in Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece Raising Shipwrecks Photo Gallery
In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 photo, small boats, that were recovered after spending years as shipwrecks are photographed at a dock in Elefsina, west of Athens. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, in a shipyard of Perama, west of Athens, a worker walks on a ferry that was recovered after spending years as a shipwreck. Dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships lie semi-submerged or completely sunken around the Gulf of Elefsina, near Greece’s major port of Piraeus. Now authorities are beginning to remove the dilapidated ships. Some of them have been there for decades, leaking hazards like oil into the environment and creating a danger to modern shipping. One expert calls the abandoned ships “an environmental bomb.” (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)