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Bay of Nouadhibou, seven miles south from the Mauritanian city, hides one the biggest ship cemeteries in the world. There are more than 300 wrecks around the harbour resting for years and coming from all nations. For years, Mauritanian harbour officers were so corrupt, that they let ships be discarded in the harbour in exchange of some cash. During the decades, lots of unwanted ships ended up in the Harbour of site.
First, How can we terminate a lot of wrecks in the harbor? If we just terminate wrecks, it will not be helpful to regenerate this place. So I was tried to figure out what the solution is the best way to terminate wrecks. A solution is simple. we can sink wrecks using weight. It has a lighting device so this will turn on in the deep sea at night. Across the town, there are panoramic museum. it is a underground museum and made by according to meaningful pier lines. At night, we can see the shining wrecks from the museum. It shows dark history of the nouadhibou which is accumulated by the corruption. Every single shinning wrecks mean the history of the Nouadhibou and we can think about Nouadhibou's future at the same time.
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Off the Florida Keys, ships
Off the Florida Keys, ships have been intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef on which coral, aquatic flora & to which sea life is attracted. The "reef" also attracts scuba divers which generates tourism income for the region.
A major concern with this proposal for the Bay of Nauadhibou is the hazardous materials contained in the ships' structure as well as the hazardous cargo that these ships may carry. The ships intentionally sunk off the Florida Keys had all of their environmentally hazardous materials removed prior to their sinking. I strongly suspect that if the Bay of Nauadhibou has been a dumping ground, little hazardous materials cleanup has been done.
There is no reason, however, why these ships could not be cleaned up & the hazardous materials cremoved, reconstituted & sold in order to pay for the proposed project. "One man's garbage is always another man's treasure".
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