An old French navy ship called Clemenceau, known as a ship used for aircraft activities, will be recycled after Able UK passes a deadline for this discussed action that will start sooner than expected.

The asbestos navy ship caught fire two weeks ago and since then the company that will handle the demolition announced that the work is set to overrun by four months. Members of the environmental organization opposed the French ship arrival in town, because they know the health risk that can be caused by exposure to asbestos. People around the dismantling area can be exposed to asbestos fibers found in the toxic air produced by the dismantling action.

Meanwhile, the ship arrived on February 8 with the help of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulation 2007 which gave the dismantling firm 12 months to finish the work and take safety measures for people around and inform everybody about the health risks in case of asbestos contact.

Probably the project will be ended in late June because of a thin coating of asbestos.
The manager at the Environmental Agency said that” Able UK provided details of progress to date to recover the ship, a detailed program of their work plans, for the recovery planned to be ended in June.

Glyn Wheeler, the manager at the Able UK dismantling firm said that the highest safety will be taken and part of the ship where access is limited only people with great experience in asbestos dismantling will take action.

He also said that more then 70% of the total asbestos containing materials were already removed from the vessel and the rest will be removed until the end of April.

Asbestos exposure can cause mesothelioma cancer, a rare form of cancer which is practically deadly if not detected on time.