NEW DELHI 07 September – India's supreme court has banned entry of contaminated ships to its shores, giving a final jolt to the Alang-Sosiya ship demolition yards in Gujarat, once the world's largest breaking centre. The court also ordered a complete ban on burning any hazardous or non-hazardous material on the beach. The order follows a long-pending petition that sought a ban on breaking of the passenger liner Blue Lady, ex-Norway. The court has asked New Delhi to formulate a comprehensive ship-breaking policy. Blue Lady, which was beached in August, 2006 for demolition, is still awaiting a court order to start breaking. It was bogged down by controversy for over a year, with several organisations including Greenpeace opposing its demolition in India because of the toxic materials onboard. A senior shipbreaker said the industry is dying as the government has failed to offer any incentives. So far in 2007, only 50 small-sized ships have came to Alang for demolition, against over 300 ships in previous years. Interesting to see what happen next.. :roll:

Worst thing... :evil: from Fairplay: Blue Lady: scrapping approved 18:51 11 Sep INDIA'S Supreme Court today cleared the dismantling of the Norwegian ship ‘Blue Lady' (ex-Norway) at Alang ship-breaking yard

Todays headline on Fairplay Blue Lady starts getting stripped 9:47 16 Oct

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Oh NO :!: :!: :cry: :cry: :cry:

4½ Years Later—No NTSB Report On S/S Norway
4½ Years Later—No NTSB Report On S/S Norway COMMENTARY MIAMI—At approximately 6:48 a.m., on May 25, 2003, Memorial Day weekend, a boiler exploded aboard the 50-year-old Bahamian cruise ship, S/S Norway, docked in the port of Miami-Dade, waiting to disembark. About 20 tons of water was released which rapidly expanded into saturated steam. The expanding water vapor breached the crew living areas on two decks, displacing bulkheads and blowing doors and their frames out. As a result of this accident, eight crewmembers died and another 17 crewmembers sustained serious and minor injuries. http://www.northcountrygazette.org/news/2007/11/18/norway_ntsb_report/

This is bizarre :?: :?:

Marine Accident Brief Boiler Rupture on Bahamian Cruise Ship S/S Norway Port of Miami, Florida May 25, 2003 The report is very long. http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2007/MAB0703.htm

Yes. looong, but I am making progress :D

:cry: :cry: :cry: Any idea when that was taken, Keith :?:

This month from what I can gather off the website.

If you download Mozilla Firefox browser an then an add on called Pic Lens,then google blue lady on image search when you hover over the photo an arrow shows ,if you click on it all the photos are shown.