gCaptain - Latest Comments in Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.disqus.com/A blog about ships!enThu, 13 Mar 2008 17:47:53 -0000Re: Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/historic-ship-independence-barred-from-her-adopted-state/#comment-1349110This is the second time that Norwegian Cruise Line has bee involved in the illegal scrapping of a vessel that has not been decontaminated.<br><br>Look at it this way - if NCL's content to have barefoot Indians cut these liners up by hand and dump all contaminated materials into the ocean- - - do you think they care about your safety as a passenger? It's all about the $ with this company.<br><br><a href="http://www.boycottncl.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.boycottncl.com</a>Boycott NCLThu, 13 Mar 2008 17:47:53 -0000Re: Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/historic-ship-independence-barred-from-her-adopted-state/#comment-1349111There is additional information on the correlations between the SS Norway and the SS Oceanic Independence schedule route and involved parties at <a href="http://BlueNorway.Org" rel="nofollow">http://BlueNorway.Org</a>BlueNorway.OrgWed, 12 Mar 2008 06:51:04 -0000Re: Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/historic-ship-independence-barred-from-her-adopted-state/#comment-1349108Will,<br><br>Great explanation, thanks!JohnWed, 27 Feb 2008 00:13:45 -0000Re: Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/historic-ship-independence-barred-from-her-adopted-state/#comment-1349112The ship is on her way for scrapping. According to International Law, the ship must first be decontaminated by a qualified and prepared shipyard, before it can head for a "lesser devolped" country like India<br><br>None of these steps have been taken. Which means her owners are breaking International Law. To avoid being tangled up in a court case, Hawaii refused to allow the ship to enter its waters, if it had allowed her to enter, they would be in violation of those laws.<br><br>Hence why they will not allow it.<br><br>Although our ultimate goal is t see the ship preserved as a floating Hotel/Museum/Whatever else will fit inside, possibly in Honolulu, this is a major step in preventing the Illegal scrapping of this historic ship<br><br>-Will<br>"Save the Classic Liners" North American team memberWillTue, 26 Feb 2008 23:14:12 -0000Re: Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/historic-ship-independence-barred-from-her-adopted-state/#comment-1349109She served the hawaiian cruise market for 20 years and now she is a health risk?<br><br>I don't understand .aciMon, 25 Feb 2008 10:11:53 -0000