Ship Dismantler Submits Plan to Expand

UK-based company hopes to increase recycling, repairing with new project.

Published January 19, 2005

Able UK has submitted for a significant development and expansion of its Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Center at its Seaton Port facility to the Hartlepool Council

 

The application includes the construction of three quays, a cofferdam and a dry dock gate. The expansion also includes proposals for activities to include shipbuilding, ship repair and recycling.

 

Peter Stephenson, chairman and CEO for Able UK, said, “We have undertaken a massive amount of work on developing our proposals since the legal hearings which effectively halted our operations at TERRC over a year ago. It has taken over 12 months to complete the application and the environmental impact statement that shows just how carefully and comprehensively we have approached the task.

 

Able UK purchased the facility in 1996 and have imported and recycled marine structures for many leading companies. In 2003 it was awarded a contract by the American Government's Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the remediation and recycling of 13 redundant vessels from the US Reserve Fleet. The first four vessels from the contract have been at TERRC since late 2003.
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