MV Farley Mowat owner faces federal court as ship still stuck in Shelburne
Tracy Dodds owes town thousands of dollars in unpaid berthing fees
The owner of MV Farley Mowat has missed a second deadline to remove his ship from Shelburne, N.S., and could be jailed at a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Scrap dealer Tracy Dodds of Wolfville missed an earlier court-imposed deadline of April 8 to tow the ship away, but got a two-week extension from Shelburne.
But April 22 passed and the ship remains at wharf, costing the town thousands of dollars and putting Dodds in contempt of a judge's order to remove the ship.
Shelburne CAO Dylan Heide says the town plans to recover more than $40,000 from Dodds in unpaid berthing fees.
The main engine of Farley Mowat has been removed by a crane in preparation for the ship to be towed away and broken up for scrap.
The court order stipulates the scrap value of that engine is to be held in trust to compensate the town if Dodds didn't move the ship on time. He could also get a 20-day jail sentence.
Dodds has so far refused to talk to CBC News about the case.