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  • Judge Dismisses Groups' Complaint About "Ghost Fleet" Disposal

    03/04/2005 8:18:56 AM PST · by StuLongIsland · 9 replies · 646+ views
    WAVY ^ | 03-03-05 | AP
    Judge Dismisses Groups' Complaint About "Ghost Fleet" Disposal (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two environmental groups objecting to plans for 13 deteriorating vessels in the so-called James River Ghost Fleet to be towed to Great Britain for dismantling and scrapping. The lawsuit, filed in the fall of 2003 by Basel Action Network and the Sierra Club, claimed that the export of the aging ships would violate federal environmental laws. But U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer's ruling Wednesday night clears the way for as many as nine retired ships moored in the James River...