A shipbreaking operation set up on Vancouver Island is angering residents who fear it will hurt the pristine coastline and damage sea life.
he is filling a vital role in the marine recycling industry and that he has always followed the rules. He told the online magazine that Deep Water has has dismantled 13 or 14 vessels.Conkin says part of the problem in Union Bay is the complex "mish mash" of levels of government involved.The site is overseen by the province, which handles the shoreline, while the regional district oversees the high part of the beach.
Instead provincial regulators worked with the company and wrote it a new licence allowing the movement of ships over the foreshore so they can be dismantled in the higher portion of the site — which falls under regional government jurisdiction. That company's lease over the land expires in 2038. "The company has been capitalizing on the different levels of government and how they're not co-ordinating with each other."
Canadian owners used to send their old vessels overseas, but towing has become expensive and environmental rules now limit some exports. His company operates a shipyard in Campbell River, B.C., and is setting up a new site in Port Mellon. Belgium-based NGO Shipbreaking Platform says Deep Water Recovery's plan to dismantle the NOAAS Miller Freeman — a former U.S. research vessel — poses hazards as the ship is rife with toxic paint and asbestos.
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