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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 14, 2017 9:53:33 GMT -8
Bid $5,100 and it could be yours. |
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 14, 2017 10:49:34 GMT -8
Bid $5,100 and it could be yours. Had to chuckle when reading all the machinery specs pages etc. to learn that the poor old 'Burnaby' has had 2 of her 3 generators removed! Gee, gosh, golly, I wonder where they sailed off to eh?  ....and yes George, you're welcome.  |
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Post by mybidness459 on Dec 14, 2017 12:00:29 GMT -8
Pretty sad when not even the scrap yard wants her. I would think the scrap value alone is worth more.
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Post by yak on Dec 14, 2017 20:16:28 GMT -8
Bid $5,100 and it could be yours. Had to chuckle when reading all the machinery specs pages etc. to learn that the poor old 'Burnaby' has had 2 of her 3 generators removed! Gee, gosh, golly, I wonder where they sailed off to eh? ....and yes George, you're welcome. One of them was actually transplanted to the Nanny some time before retirement and was frankensteined into a replacement for the larger of her two bow thrusters after her Mitzi blew a piston through a cylinder wall. |
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 15, 2017 8:54:14 GMT -8
Had to chuckle when reading all the machinery specs pages etc. to learn that the poor old 'Burnaby' has had 2 of her 3 generators removed! Gee, gosh, golly, I wonder where they sailed off to eh? ....and yes George, you're welcome. One of them was actually transplanted to the Nanny some time before retirement and was frankensteined into a replacement for the larger of her two bow thrusters after her Mitzi blew a piston through a cylinder wall. Getting reports from real 'insiders' like 'yak' adds spice and colour to my dull speculative commentary and educates us all as to what really goes on 'neath the rubbing strakes of old queens like our 'Nanny'. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 1, 2018 18:19:07 GMT -8
The Burnaby bidding is now at $15,020. No word on whether the bidder is Toogabooga. from HERE |
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Post by ProudCanuck on Jan 3, 2018 9:56:38 GMT -8
Up to $100k now!
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 4, 2018 12:19:23 GMT -8
It appears that there’s a bit of a bidding war happening right now. The deadline keeps being extended by a few minutes, and the bids are climbing. Up over $212,000 now. Very interesting to watch in real time
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 4, 2018 12:30:49 GMT -8
It appears that there’s a bit of a bidding war happening right now. The deadline keeps being extended by a few minutes, and the bids are climbing. Up over $212,000 now. Very interesting to watch in real time Now over $300,000. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 4, 2018 12:40:28 GMT -8
....and now it's over $400,000 CAD.
Now over $500,000 CAD.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 4, 2018 13:18:35 GMT -8
....and now it's over $400,000 CAD. Now over $500,000 CAD. Closed at $555,575 CAD, plus taxes and a 5% buyer's premium. |
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Post by Charles on Jan 4, 2018 13:20:19 GMT -8
Auction closed at ... $653,356.20! Total price
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 4, 2018 13:29:04 GMT -8
Auction closed at ... $653,356.20! Total price Well, total payment due, not total price. |
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Post by Charles on Jan 4, 2018 13:51:50 GMT -8
Auction closed at ... $653,356.20! Total price Well, total payment due, not total price. Whoops, thanks for the correction! |
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Post by Neil on Jan 4, 2018 20:04:31 GMT -8
....and now it's over $400,000 CAD. Now over $500,000 CAD. Closed at $555,575 CAD, plus taxes and a 5% buyer's premium. I think BC Ferries did okay on this. The market for scrap steel is depressed, even before you take into account the cost of getting the ship to the nearest breakers yard, presumably in Ensenada. Alaska is still trying to close a deal for the Taku at less than $200k. |
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Post by markkarj on Jan 7, 2018 17:40:20 GMT -8
I wonder what the scrap value of the ship is. I can't really seem to find a scrap steel price at the moment, and I bet they have other fun stuff they'll need to get out of that ship (asbestos).
And where does the ship go to get torn apart (or does it wind up next to the Queen of Sidney up in Mission)?
*Corrects the spelling of Sidney, which I should know after living on the island for four years while going to UVic*
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Post by FNS on Jan 7, 2018 20:05:57 GMT -8
I wonder what the scrap value of the ship is. I can't really seem to find a scrap steel price at the moment, and I bet they have other fun stuff they'll need to get out of that ship (asbestos). And where does the ship go to get torn apart (or does it wind up next to the Queen of Sydney up in Mission)? QUEEN OF SIDNEY is the correct spelling (not the Aussie spelling of the home of AFL's Swans). |
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Post by markkarj on Jan 11, 2018 18:02:18 GMT -8
I wonder what the scrap value of the ship is. I can't really seem to find a scrap steel price at the moment, and I bet they have other fun stuff they'll need to get out of that ship (asbestos). And where does the ship go to get torn apart (or does it wind up next to the Queen of Sydney up in Mission)? QUEEN OF SIDNEY is the correct spelling (not the Aussie spelling of the home of AFL's Swans). Corrected accordingly. Would you care to offer comment on the post aside from the typo? |
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Post by Neil on Jan 11, 2018 21:22:24 GMT -8
QUEEN OF SIDNEY is the correct spelling (not the Aussie spelling of the home of AFL's Swans). Would you care to offer comment on the post aside from the typo? Here's a bit of information. www.marinelink.com/news/maritime/ship-steel-scrap-priceMaybe part of the problem is that the ' Burnaby is a fairly small vessel, with hazardous waste issues, and a long way from the cheapest scrapping 'yards' in Asia. Surely the cost of getting the vessel to the dismantling site is in itself daunting. |
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Post by Starsteward on Jan 13, 2018 14:05:55 GMT -8
Would you care to offer comment on the post aside from the typo? Here's a bit of information. www.marinelink.com/news/maritime/ship-steel-scrap-priceMaybe part of the problem is that the ' Burnaby is a fairly small vessel, with hazardous waste issues, and a long way from the cheapest scrapping 'yards' in Asia. Surely the cost of getting the vessel to the dismantling site is in itself daunting. "Someone" was obviously prepared to pay a rather surprising premium price for this vessel. Once this deal is formalized, we may or may not be privy as to who the actual buyer of the 'Burnaby' was. (Could this information be obtained under the freedom of information act)? If an off-shore buyer completes the transaction, what would prevent them from either hanging onto the vessel until scrap prices improve or selling it off to another demo yard that does not have stringent regulations? BCFS must have been pleasantly surprised at the late bidding war that seemed to have ensued after a rather slow and low $$ bidding process. "Someone" is up to something. "Someone" that knows what they're doing. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 13, 2018 14:47:00 GMT -8
"Someone" was obviously prepared to pay a rather surprising premium price for this vessel. Once this deal is formalized, we may or may not be privy as to who the actual buyer of the 'Burnaby' was. (Could this information be obtained under the freedom of information act)? If an off-shore buyer completes the transaction, what would prevent them from either hanging onto the vessel until scrap prices improve or selling it off to another demo yard that does not have stringent regulations? BCFS must have been pleasantly surprised at the late bidding war that seemed to have ensued after a rather slow and low $$ bidding process. "Someone" is up to something. "Someone" that knows what they're doing. Remember the initial sale of the Queen of Esquimalt ... |
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Post by mybidness459 on Feb 3, 2018 17:16:53 GMT -8
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Post by futureferrydriver on Feb 3, 2018 17:30:57 GMT -8
You're quite right that the last known location for the Queen of Burnaby isn't working anymore; her last AIS report was August 26th according to VesselFinder. I wonder if the Burnaby has been repositioned, or if she's left FMU for good. |
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Post by Neil on Feb 3, 2018 18:25:02 GMT -8
You're quite right that the last known location for the Queen of Burnaby isn't working anymore; her last AIS report was August 26th according to VesselFinder. I wonder if the Burnaby has been repositioned, or if she's left FMU for good. I was looking at her late Thursday afternoon, still in the same place at Deas. |
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Post by ProudCanuck on Feb 5, 2018 10:08:07 GMT -8
When I drove in to work this morning, the Salish Orca and the Queen of Burnaby had swapped positions.
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