HMS Intrepid Ship Recycling
Leavesley International / Peel Ports
Private Sector
Shipyards and docks
The Government has recently launched an innovative scheme to ensure the responsible disposal and recycling of decommissioned vessels. The scheme aims to limit the environmental impact of transporting ships to the Far East for disposal by utilising and enhancing existing port facilities within the UK.
One of the latest ships to be dismantled under the scheme is HMS Intrepid, built in 1960 and a veteran of the Falklands conflict, which had previously been docked at Portsmouth for a number of years awaiting suitable disposal.
Working with disposal and procurement contractors Leavesley International and Technical Demolition Services Ltd, Royal Haskoning was asked to progress with the applications for the Waste Management Licence and the Planning Permission for disposal of the Intrepid at Canada Graving Dock in Liverpool.