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18/12/03 Further setback for ship recycling
A COMPANY'S hopes of dismantling redundant US navy ships at its North-East yard have been dealt another blow.

17/12/03 Dry dock permission decision due today
A MEETING crucial to the future of a multimillion pound ship dismantling contract is being held today.

16/12/03 Fleet deal riddled with holes says judge
THE bid to break up a toxic fleet of US navy "ghost ships" in the North-East was in disarray last night following a second High Court victory by protestors.

16/12/03 Ghost ships fiasco revealed
IT is important not to read too much into yesterday's High Court ruling on the Hartlepool ghost ships.

13/12/03 US ships row sails into new storm
A FRESH row broke out last night over the £11m contract to dismantle rusting US warships in a North-East yard.

11/12/03 Ghost vessels will remain in North-East yard over winter
FOUR ships at the centre of a legal row will remain at a dockyard throughout the winter while a bid for new licences is made to allow dismantling work to be carried out.

09/12/03 A triumph for common sense
THROUGHOUT the sorry Ghost Ships saga we have called for clarity and careful consideration.

09/12/03 Judge steers ships deal towards rocks
A CONTROVERSIAL deal to dismantle former US navy ships in the North-East was plunged into serious doubt last night when a judge ruled a licence modification to allow the work was "legally flawed".

05/12/03 Firm on standby for first legal broadside
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners opposed to the four former US Navy ships moored in a North-East dock will launch the first offensive of their legal battle on Monday.

04/12/03 Delayed fourth US vessel moors at N-E yard
A FOURTH Ghost Ship has docked in the North-East after poor conditions had kept it several miles off shore.

03/12/03 Weather means more delay as US vessel waits offshore
A FOURTH US "ghost ship" will have to spend at least another day offshore after bad light and tidal conditions prevented it docking in Teesside yesterday

02/12/03 Fresh criticism as vessels hit stormy waters
THE last of four rusting former US Navy ships to arrive in the North-East was last night delayed by bad weather as the deal to scrap the fleet faced fresh criticism.

01/12/03 Fresh row over MP's evidence on fleet
Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE) said Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson had given false evidence when discussions about the so-called Ghost Fleet were held last week.

29/11/03 Docking of fourth US fleet vessel hampered by weather
A FOURTH controversial US ghost ship arrived on Teesside yesterday - but was unable to dock because of the weather.

28/11/03 New clash as third Ghost Ship arrives
THE third ship from the so-called Ghost Fleet arrived in the North-East yesterday - and sparked another bout of bickering.