[CPEO-MEF] A spooky stalemate for the Ghost fleet

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Virginia
THE VIRGINIA-PILOT
A spooky stalemate for the Ghost fleet
November 10, 2003

Hampton Roads cheered when the first four Ghost Fleet ships began their
trans-Atlantic journey to a British scrap yard on Oct. 6. Finally, the
beginning of the end was in sight for the armada of floating toxic waste
dumps in the middle of the James River.

But thanks to a bad handoff between the U.S. and British governments,
the hulks may become international environmental pawns instead of scrap
metal.

The ships were headed for dismantling in England. But in late October,
the British government withdrew permission, saying that Able UK, the
company contracted to get rid of the vessels, did not have a dry dock in
place.

This leaves Able with a $17.8 million contract to scrap up to 13 of the
Ghost Fleet ships, but nowhere to do so, at least for now. And it leaves
the first two vessels already more than halfway across the rough North
Atlantic, and two others close on their sterns, with nowhere to go.

This article can be viewed at:
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/print.cfm?story=62104&ran=156818

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