Tag Archives: abandoned boats
‘Disgusting and embarrassing’: Sunken shrimp boat spurs call for changes in Port Royal
Only the top of the shrimp boat’s pilothouse was visible Wednesday morning from the Port Royal dock where the 60-foot vessel had floated abandoned for months. The shrimp boat sank Tuesday, sending fuel into Battery Creek and calling attention to the other rotting, junk-laden and abandoned boats amassed at the town-owned dock. “If those folks owe us money or they’re not shrimping, they don’t need to be here,” Willis said. “This is supposed to be a working shrimping dock.” Video, >click to read< 13:03
Four old boats (and the $100K to remove them) stand in way of industrial park
Four discarded fishing boats the size of school buses are holding up what could become a marine industrial park on Far Creek. Extracting them would cost about $100,000. “We’ve got great hopes for this area,” said Kris Noble, Hyde County economic developer. “It’s bad when somebody leaves a little sailboat in the channel. But this is that 10 times over.” The Engelhard Marine Industrial Park could attract needed jobs, Noble said. A metal building sits on the 7.5-acre tract with public water and sewer. Read the rest here 10:56
