random travel photo

a nigerian harbor



every single ship in this picture has sunk. there's so many here that the harbor can't be used at night. the scrap metal value alone must be ten's of millions dollars, if not hundreds! yet there they rust. if you try get a contract to remove them everyone wants a cut, the government, the harbor, the ship owner, the security guard at the gate. it's just not worth it to even try. prime example of greed leading to poverty. everyone wants to much, so now no one gets anything...

that my friends, is nigeria's oil wealth in action.

in cape town or singapore or any other civilized country the ship would be salvaged, sold for scrap and the owner billed for the cost.