Last week's decision by a US Federal judge to clear the way for more former US naval ships to be scrapped in the UK has mobilised environmentalists on both sides of the Atlantic and signalled the return of a political row that has already rumbled on for two years. US environmentalists who filed a suit to halt the export of the ves- sels to British scrapping firm Able UK had their case dashed on pro- cedural and technical grounds last Wednesday. While there is a strong possibility that they may appeal, for the time being the ruling opens the way for the remaining nine of 13 ships to be sent to Able to complete the $17.8M contract with the US Maritime Administration (MarAd).
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