Inch green Drydock

[vic mcclymont]

The large drydock in Greenock owned by Peel Ports has been leased to Atlas Decommissioning.
The company is hoping to scrap a number of ships per year at the D. D. Facility, with the first arriving January 2022.
So far 15 people have employed and this will rise to 30.
Vic

[Ivan Cloherty]

Didn't Atlas have a decommissioning yard on the Tyne where they dismantled US Reserve fleet vessels, because USA yards would not handle them because of toxic content (asbestos). I note that just recently three Victory ships were released from the reserve fleet and towed in tandem to the Far East for dismantling because of asbestos content. I understand there are approx 90 (I stand to be corrected) Victory ships still in the reserve fleet, so business opportunities are still there

[cappy]

i think that was the tees Ivan ....the yanks old vessels where there a while ....people desperate for work .....and the do gooders or rather do bugger alls stopped it .....news for a while then disappeared....regards cappy

[Bill Morrison]

Well cappy on the ball as usual. Its all here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/-england-tees-24636597

[cappy]

well bill your post keeps coming up not available but if iremember it was a company called able uk or similar ....it got me going at the time as there were folk desperate forwork .....best wishes to you and yours cappy R683532

[Doc Vernon]

Different Link , the same info perhaps ??

Ship recycling goes to Scotland with Inchgreen Dry Dock reactivation - Offshore Energy (offshore-energy.biz)

Dry dock brought back to use after two decades - BBC News

[Tony Taylor]

well bill your post keeps coming up not available but if iremember it was a company called able uk or similar ....it got me going at the time as there were folk desperate forwork .....best wishes to you and yours cappy R683532

Able UK - correct Cappy, next door to Hartlepool Nuclear power station

[cappy]

interesting you mention hartlepool tony .....i was fortunate to go out with the lifeboat there some years ago a fine lifeboat and crew ...i was most impressed also with a small rigid .....which a female drove ....more than i have seen.... her approaches to the bigger lifeboat and coming alongside all points on the lifeboat under way were a fine show of seamanship ....and of course the hung monkey on there lifejackets was a very proud insignia of there town and history .....cappy

[Bill Morrison]

My post#4 I missed out a part of it. Should work this time.
Bill

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-24636597

[cappy]

yer bill thats how i emember it at the time ....i even think one of the vessels was named canopus ...or such .....it was interesting at the time what folk who no bugger all can stop families being fed and kept warm ....it realy peed me off regards cappy