2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:53:12 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] SHIPS, GLOBAL: Suisun Bay (CA) mothballed fleet may go to Northern Marianas
 
Ships from polluting mothball fleet in Suisun may go to South Pacific

By Thomas Peele
Contra Costa Times (CA)
March 24, 2010

Mothballed ships polluting Suisun Bay soon could be towed and scrapped at a South Pacific island once notorious for its sweatshops and inexpensive labor, according to a business plan filed there.

A company in the Northern Mariana Islands has announced plans to bid on ship disposal contracts and, if successful, tow the aged vessels to the islands' biggest city, Saipan, for scrapping. For years, Suisun ships have been scrapped almost exclusively at yards in Brownsville, Texas.

The islands' Ports Authority agreed earlier this month to lease dock space and a warehouse to a company pursuing ship-scrapping contracts that would include the Suisun Bay vessels. The lease allows Worldwide Salvage Saipan to now seek Maritime Administration certification as a recycler, potentially opening the work to inexpensive Asian labor markets.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_14735685?nclick_check=1

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Lenny Siegel
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