Marine Recycling Corp. of
Ontario has won a $2.6-million federal tender to scrap the MV Princess of
Acadia — the former Digby ferry — which has been tied up at a private dock in
Sydney Harbour. A spokesman for the shipbreaking company says details on the
work are still being worked out.
SYDNEY — Marine Recycling
Corp. has won a $2.6-million federal tender to scrap the former Digby ferry,
and a spokesman for the Ontario company says the work may be done in Sydney
Harbour, where the vessel has been tied up while awaiting demolition.
The 146-metre-long MV
Princess of Acadia, built in 1971 to run between Digby and Saint John, N.B.,
was taken out of service two years ago and replaced by a modern vessel. Earlier
this year, the federal government moved the former ferry to a private dock at
Sydport Industrial Park, across from the downtown cruise ship terminal, and
issued a request for proposals to scrap it.
Wayne Elliott, director of
business development for Marine Recycling, said the company expects to issue a
news release on its plans in the next week or so.
"That's still being
worked on," he told Local Xpress.
The tender called on the
successful bidder to scrap the ship and dispose of or recycle the materials,
and to dispose of any hazardous remains. The work is to be completed by June
30, 2018.
Marine Recycling won the
tender with a bid of $2,662,783. The company, located in Port Colborne on Lake
Erie, has run Help Wanted ads online, seeking health and safety workers and
security guards for an unspecified number of jobs in Sydney.
Nothing has been decided
yet, Elliott said, but it's a possibility the ship could be scrapped in Sydney
Harbour.
"Anything's possible,"
he said. "We will be doing some work in Sydney, for sure."
Source: local
xpress. 13 July 2017
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