Crushed, cut and torn sheet metal: in the port of Brest, at the 5th eastern quay, activity is in full swing. Two old cargo ships, the Karl and the Antigone Z, are going to be dismantled at the Navaleo shipyard of the "Les Recycleurs bretons" group, testifying to a booming industry. The president of Navaleo, Pierre Rolland, mentions "3,000 tonnes of steel" exported last year, the vast majority coming from "ship dismantling". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES