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'Green' ship recycling underway on the Mersey
25 Sep 2008
The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.
'HMS Intrepid' is towed into ship recycling facilities in the Port of Liverpool.
Falklands War veteran 'HMS Intrepid' arrived in the Mersey from Portsmouth last week and is expected to be the first of a string of vessels to be recycled by Leavesley International under strict health, safety and environmental controls.
The company will employ a skilled onsite workforce of 50 on the former Royal Navy assault ship, after being chosen as the MODs preferred bidder for the task, which will be carried out under the recently published DEFRA Guidance Notes on Ship Recycling and the Green Passport scheme adopted by the International Maritime Organisation.
Having secured both Liverpool City Council planning permission and the Environment Agencys Waste Management Licence, Leavesley and project partners Technical Demolition Services of Birkenhead are expected to take some five months to complete the task at Liverpool's Canada Graving Dock.
Read the full story in the October issue of Maritime Journal.
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