Rigorous control for ghost ship dismantling…
Ship dismantling team face strict regulation to control ghost ship project
The Environment Agency has announced rigorous regulatory controls to ensure that the French naval ship Q790 (formerly Le Clemenceau) is “dismantled and recycled in a safe and environmentally sound manner”.
As we reported, earlier this week the Q790 arrived from Brest in France and joined the four US “ghost ships” at Able UK’s ship dismantling facility at Graythorp, Hartlepool, waiting to be processed.
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Posted: February 14th, 2009 under General.
Comment from John Woodward
Time February 16, 2009 at 10:57 pm
The rigorous controls will not be an issue for Able UK as they have an excellent facility and the paperwork and systems to match. They are a great example of how to set up to do ship dismantling in this country, and I don’t even work for them!!!