Dansk spritfærge skaber splid i Canada

Den canadiske færge Apollo, der er identisk med den tidligere danske spritfærge på Faaborg-Gelting ruten, Gelting Nord, og senere på Bagenkop-Kiel under sit nuværende navn, har nu skabt splid i Canada, hvor den har sejlet de sidste 20 år. Det skriver Fyns Amts Avis.

Som vi tidligere har omtalt her i Maritime Danmark, kolliderede den aldrende færge i 2019 hele to gange på en måned med havneanlæg på Matane-Baie-Comeau-Godbout ruten ved Quebec.

Det resulterede i hul på skroget, en deformeret bovport - og et stempel som u-sødygtig.

Reparation af den 51 år gamle færge gav ingen mening, og en kreds af borgere stiftede derefter the Apollo Company – med det mål at rippe færgen for alt miljøskadeligt, for derefter at sænke den til brug for dykkerturisme.

Men initiativet løb tør for penge, og det endte med at den gamle spritfærge blev udbudt til skrotning for 1 dollar.

Den dollar fandt en genbrugsvirksomhed i Dalhousle i lommen, men byens borgmester lagde sig på tværs - han krævede den ramponerede færge fjernet inden den sank i byens havnen.

Nu er Apollo så bugseret væk - til skrotning et hemmeligholdt sted, fjernt fra bekymrede borgere og sure borgmestre.

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