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Default Will this be a sad end for a Great Lakes ore carrier?

In article ,
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:10:18 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article e767322b-fcd2-4bb9-b725-dd288b6463f4
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Off the coast of Cape Breton....
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...-scaterie.html

Why is it a sad end, idiot? It was on it's way to Turkey to be scraped
anyway, Suckling Don.


Why in the hell would they take it all the way to Turkey to be
scrapped. That's nuts.


They most likely bid the most for the hulk.

It is easier to float 900 feet of steel to Turkey.