Bush Dumps Toxic Ghost Fleet on UK: Rusting Hulks Leaking Chemicals and Oil will be Towed Around Scots' Coast
by Jamie Macaskill Exclusive
26 June 2003 –
Secret plans by America to tow a condemned fleet of rusting and contaminated ships around the coast of Scotland have triggered fears of an environmental catastrophe.
Dubbed the Ghost Fleet, the 94 derelict and leaking ships are packed with toxic chemicals, asbestos and oil.
It's proposed the first contingent of 13 ships will leave their US base in Virginia this summer to cross the Atlantic on the way to be dismantled in a wrecking yard on Teesside.
To get there, the leaking hulks will be towed through the narrow Pentland Firth between the mainland and Orkney and down Scotland's east coast.
Environmental campaigners yesterday condemned the plan.
Greenpeace's international toxic and demolition expert Frank Petersen said: "America is using Britain as a dumping ground. We have a huge concern it could be the start of a nightmare.
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