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All Expense 7–10 Day Cruise Valued At $3500. Cruise To Be Taken During 2006 Sailing Season Aboard The 730 Foot Upper Lakes Freighter Canadian Miner.
The Nova Scotia government hopes within a few weeks to see a salvage company's plans for removing the MV Miner from the shore of Scatarie Island off Cape Breton.
The tug was towing the MV Canadian Miner in rough seas on Sept. 20 when a line broke. The old carrier, which was en route to Turkey to be scrapped, has been grounded near Scaterie [sic] Island ever since.
On Friday, the Nova Scotia government detained the Hellas, the Greek tugboat that was towing the Miner, after filing a $15-million claim. The province estimated it would cost nearly $25 million to remove the ship if it could not float.
Under a provincial permit, the company has until Dec. 1 to remove the derelict ship, which ran aground while being towed to a scrapyard in Turkey.
I understand the crew is to arrive tomorrow to begin the work but that's all I know at this point," Amanda MacDougall, who is a project co-ordinator for the Regional Development Association of Main-a-Dieu, said Thursday.
Shah said the province's Natural Resources Department hired a company last year to remove floatable items such as chairs and tables from the MV Miner, but instead the firm removed all valuable metals.
I understand the crew is to arrive tomorrow to begin the work but that's all I know at this point," Amanda MacDougall, who is a project co-ordinator for the Regional Development Association of Main-a-Dieu, said Thursday.
Under a provincial permit, the company has until Dec. 1 to remove the derelict ship, which ran aground while being towed to a scrapyard in Turkey.
Shah said the province's Natural Resources Department hired a company last year to remove floatable items such as chairs and tables from the MV Miner, but instead the firm removed all valuable metals.
