Shipbreaking

[vic mcclymont]

Not sure where to post his.

Dale's the the leaseholders and operator of the Gravel Drydock in Greenock have applied for a licence to allow them to scrap ships in the drydock.
No doubt the environmentalists will be out in force soon.
Vic

[j.sabourn]

What better place to do it? JS

[Lewis McColl]

Well as long as it is done with the environment in mind why not, creating jobs and using a facility that lies idle ??

[john walker]

As all ready mentioned, if the breaking up of ships can be done within the recommended environmental guidelines then why not? Having just looked at the unemployment rate in Inverclyde which is running at nearly 7% with about 2,500 unemployed one of the highest in the U.K it looks like a great opportunity and should be supported by local and national governments. It seems ironic to me that there is a possibility of men who built some of the finest ships in the world breaking and scrapping ships built by Japan/Korea who usurped their original jobs.

[robpage]

If you're going to cut ships up for scrap where better to do it , in the UK under proper control conditions rather than upper beach somewhere in the Middle East or Far East with everything going everywhere at least in Glasgow it'll be done properly

[Des Taff Jenkins]

I should think that Britain would need all the jobs she can get, who else would be better at dismantling ships than the people who built them for years.
Des