Newport's Port rejects plans to scrap ships

Newport's Port rejects plans to scrap ships: "Newport's Port rejects plans to scrap ships
Yaquina Bay - The Port's director says dollars and cents, not environmental questions, drove the vote
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
LORI TOBIAS

NEWPORT -- Yaquina Bay won't become the West Coast's only shipbreaking yard.

To the delight of many in a crowd of about 200 people, the Port of Newport's five commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to reject a proposal by a Virginia-based company to tow as many as 60 aging government ships to the central coast bay for salvage."