2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 1 Mar 2007 22:35:29 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Maritime Administration ship-disposal program overhaul
 
Rusty ships to stay put
Maritime chief delays further scrapping

By THOMAS PEEL/MediaNews Group
Vallejo Times Herald (CA)
March 31, 2007

The head of the U.S. Maritime Administration has promised an immediate overhaul of the agency's ship-disposal program to include environmental safeguards for the maintenance and dismantling of decaying vessels now stored in Suisun Bay and elsewhere across the country.

"We need to maintain vessels in a way that protects the environment. I have directed the staff to look at everything and develop a uniform system,' said the administrator, Sean Connaughton. "We have to make sure that ship recycling is done in a safe manner."

No more ships will leave the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet or similar fleets in Virginia and Texas until such a system is in place, Connaughton said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_5330546

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