by GuestfromEU » October 27, 2017, 9:48 am
Of course this was before my time, but I have some experience working in Curacao. I would question the result of any scrapping taking place in Curacao, particularly when most other ships of the time were going to recycling in Caracas and Cartagena. Curacao was much more developed at this time, owing to the Dutch colonization, and I doubt that country would have been particularly interested in the dirty ship scrapping business.
Not to say it didn't happen, and a compromised hull integrity from the tow could have dictated a detour. It does become hard to trace a vessel sold for scrap, even today, as they are sold to a 3rd Party, who re-sells them to a recycling facility. Unfortunately, this is not so transparent, because it is meant to be this way, as all of you already know.
Let me search some more in the Dutch sources to see if I can confirm anything.
Of course this was before my time, but I have some experience working in Curacao. I would question the result of any scrapping taking place in Curacao, particularly when most other ships of the time were going to recycling in Caracas and Cartagena. Curacao was much more developed at this time, owing to the Dutch colonization, and I doubt that country would have been particularly interested in the dirty ship scrapping business.
Not to say it didn't happen, and a compromised hull integrity from the tow could have dictated a detour. It does become hard to trace a vessel sold for scrap, even today, as they are sold to a 3rd Party, who re-sells them to a recycling facility. Unfortunately, this is not so transparent, because it is meant to be this way, as all of you already know.
Let me search some more in the Dutch sources to see if I can confirm anything.