MARAD keeps ship-scrapping contract with British company

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Texas yard wins contract to dismantle three ships

By SCOTT HARPER
The Virginian-Pilot
June 25, 2004 

NEWPORT NEWS ? The head of the U.S. Maritime Administration announced a
$3.1 million contract Thursday to remove and dismantle three junk ships
from the James River Reserve Fleet, and said seven more vessels may soon
be headed to the scrap yard. 

At the same time, William G. Schubert said his agency is sticking by a
controversial contract with a British shipyard, Able UK , to dispose of
another 13 obsolete ships from the so-called Ghost Fleet, despite
regulatory delays in England and legal challenges from U.S.
environmental groups. 

Speaking at a news conference on the banks of the James River, with the
giant, gray outlines of reserve ships in the background, Schubert said
the agency ?has no plans? to move unwanted vessels to China or other
Asian nations for scrapping. The United States imposed a ban on such
exports in 1995. 

He also praised his boss, President Bush, for recommending that $19
million be spent next year on ship disposal, the highest amount proposed
in a decade. 

"This is real progress," Schubert said. 

The Maritime Administration, a branch of the Department of
Transportation, is under a congressional deadline of September 2006 to
safely get rid of more than 100 obsolete ships nationwide; 63 are moored
in the James River, off Fort Eustis in Newport News. 

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