by Guest » October 13, 2022, 9:18 pm
GuestfromEU wrote: ↑October 12, 2022, 5:40 pm
Canada has the same (or more strict) asbestos and hazardous material abatement regulations than the US so it is a moot point on location. What is confirmed is she will be towed out of Sturgeon Bay soon, either to Conneaut or Escanaba. I do not know the future plans but she is committed to scrap. When and where is not known, but she will be moved within the next few weeks. CN received the insurance payment some time ago (unknown amount) and they determined she is excess capacity with repair costs uneconomical. Comparing repair costs against newbuilding is an empty conversation as CN determined no tonnage is required to replace the lost capacity.
I find it extremely difficult to believe that anyone would scrap a US laker on the American side, considering how tough the EPA is. Yes, Canada has tough environmental laws, just like the US and Western Europe, but the Province of Ontario allows the transfer of both ownership and ongoing liability to a legal receiver. In the US, due to Superfund laws, that is not possible.
Previous vessels scrapped on the US side of the lakes were the J.W. Shelley (in drydock) at Toledo, the tanker Jupiter (after her destruction by explosion and fire) and Merle M. McCurdy in 1988. That's less than a handful that have been scrapped on the US side of the lakes since the late-1980s.
Triad Salvage tried to scrap the Kinsman vessel, Merle M. McCurdy in the late-80s, but was stopped by the EPA, and was forced to sell the McCurdy to International Marine Salvage (Marine Recycling Corp's predecessor).
I'm saddened to see the Roger Blough go, as she has been a very personal favourite of mine since I saw her photo in the book, "Fate of the Lakes" by James P. Barry in the mid-1970s. And later going up to the Soo to photograph her in July 1988 and then meeting Jimmie Hobaugh and his wife at Cyde's when we were, along with my parents watching the ships at Mission Point. There's no other ship like the big, beamy Roger Blough and that is what makes her unique.
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Canada has the same (or more strict) asbestos and hazardous material abatement regulations than the US so it is a moot point on location. What is confirmed is she will be towed out of Sturgeon Bay soon, either to Conneaut or Escanaba. I do not know the future plans but she is committed to scrap. When and where is not known, but she will be moved within the next few weeks. CN received the insurance payment some time ago (unknown amount) and they determined she is excess capacity with repair costs uneconomical. Comparing repair costs against newbuilding is an empty conversation as CN determined no tonnage is required to replace the lost capacity.
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I find it extremely difficult to believe that anyone would scrap a US laker on the American side, considering how tough the EPA is. Yes, Canada has tough environmental laws, just like the US and Western Europe, but the Province of Ontario allows the transfer of both ownership and ongoing liability to a legal receiver. In the US, due to Superfund laws, that is not possible.
Previous vessels scrapped on the US side of the lakes were the J.W. Shelley (in drydock) at Toledo, the tanker Jupiter (after her destruction by explosion and fire) and Merle M. McCurdy in 1988. That's less than a handful that have been scrapped on the US side of the lakes since the late-1980s.
Triad Salvage tried to scrap the Kinsman vessel, Merle M. McCurdy in the late-80s, but was stopped by the EPA, and was forced to sell the McCurdy to International Marine Salvage (Marine Recycling Corp's predecessor).
I'm saddened to see the Roger Blough go, as she has been a very personal favourite of mine since I saw her photo in the book, "Fate of the Lakes" by James P. Barry in the mid-1970s. And later going up to the Soo to photograph her in July 1988 and then meeting Jimmie Hobaugh and his wife at Cyde's when we were, along with my parents watching the ships at Mission Point. There's no other ship like the big, beamy Roger Blough and that is what makes her unique.