Peel Ports Bid to Scrap Ships On the Mersey ; Firm Wins Deal to Scrap Hms Intrepid
Daily Post › February 04, 2008
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MERSEYSIDE could become an international centre for the controversial ship dismantling and recycling industry.
Peel Ports, which owns the Port of Liverpool, has applied for planning permission for a ship scrapping centre at the Canada Graving Dock, in Bootle. Staffordshire-based Leavesley International has won a Defence Ministry contract to scrap HMS Intrepid and wants the work to be done at Peel's new centre.See the full content of this document
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Peel Ports Bid to Scrap Ships On the Mersey ; Firm Wins Deal to Scrap Hms Intrepid
The contract would create 50 jobs initially, but more could follow.
Leavesley estimates the global market for scrapping ships is worth pounds 3.5bn.An plannin...See the full content of this document
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