MARAD signs contracts.The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has signed contracts for the disposal of four ships from the Suisun Bay Suisun Bay (pronounced "suh-soon") is a shallow tidal estuary located in central California, USA. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, thus forming the entrance to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an inverted river delta. Reserve Fleet at Benicia, Calif., bringing the number of ships that have left the facility for recycling since October 2005 to nine. The ships destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for destruction, the Hannibal Victory, the Barnard Victory, the Occidental Victory and the Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in 1862 because of Native American raids, but with the establishment (1865) of Fort Victory ships This is a partial list of Victory ships. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass produced in the United States during World War II.
Before being towed from the fleet, the vessels will be inspected by an independent party. In addition, they must meet extensive Coast Guard and international regulations regarding environmental safeguards, seaworthiness sea·wor·thy adj. sea·wor·thi·er, sea·wor·thi·est Fit to traverse the seas: a seaworthy freighter; a seaworthy crew. and watertight integrity. "We continue to demonstrate our commitment to remove these obsolete ships from our fleet," Acting Deputy MARAD Administrator Julie Nelson says. "We are recycling them in a way that respects their history and maintains the highest safety and environmental protection standards." Marine Metal Inc. of Brownsville, Taxas, will dismantle the Hannibal Victory and the Sioux Falls Victory under the terms of contracts, each worth $979,000. All Star Metals Inc., also of Brownsville, will dismantle the Barnard Victory for and the Occidental Victory for approximately $1.2 million each. The steel recovered from the ships will be recycled. |
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