How Much Is A Pearl Worth

scrap boat is waiting for justice to be removed

The boat is stranded for nearly 10 years, according to the Movement Friends of the Waterfront (PHOTO : GEORGIA SANTIAGO)

Indifferent to the blows of the waves and gaze of passers by, it lies at the beginning of Beira Mar Avenue, opposite the Hotel Esplanade. Although quiet, the boat stuck in place for about ten years - or what's left of it - annoys visitors and residents, asking for his immediate removal.

Who pulls the movement is Tadashi Enomoto, coordinator of the movement Friends of the Beira Mar. He said there were at least ten years removed from the vessel is expected by the residents. "You are disturbing others. Everyone complains that, "he cites. He says the presence of the boat is as incomprehensible as an old car abandoned in a mall parking lot. "We're on a beach that is the most beautiful in the Northeast and has a scrap thrown in the middle of the sea" indignant.

For him, the main problem is rusting boat visual. "It's horrible. They are doing all part urban, with new ceramic, and the monster is there, "says Tadashi, which promises to trigger federal prosecutors in search of answers about the withdrawal liability of the boat. Another problem, he continues, is the potential danger to swimmers, because in periods of low tide, they form a small beach at the site of the stranding. The domestic

Vanda Alves, 39, endorses the criticism Tadashi. For her, the boat should have been removed from the area because, she said, the site serves as a shelter for people use drugs and even romantic encounters. "If it was at least something new, but not, it will make 12 years that I work here and he is still there."

Authorization

According to a spokesperson for the Regional Executive Secretary II, removal of the stranded vessel, which receives the name Alima VII, it just depends on permission from the 13th Civil Court for breaking into several pieces.

According to the prefecture, the court authorized the withdrawal of the equipment and its storage in a warehouse of the Town of Cleaning and Urbanization (EMLURB), but not yet responded to a letter sent on April 15 this year asking permission to break.

According to a spokesperson for the Forum Clovis Bevilaqua, the boat is subject to attachment of a company's debt Alima Fisheries and Export Bank of the State of São Paulo. The advisory letter acknowledges receipt of the request for withdrawal of fragmentation and that the process is complete the judge's table for consideration, no specific deadline for the decision.

Where

UNDERSTAND THE NEWS
Beira Mar Fortaleza is the main postcard of the city. The boat is beached in front the Hotel Esplanade. Residents of the area, complained of the danger that the boat can cause swimmers

FACTBOX
For scuba instructor Marcus Davis, there are two hypotheses for the rusty boat have stopped there.

The first is that he has run aground while being towed. The second hypothesis is that he has been taken by the tide while it was being dismantled to be sold as scrap.

He added, due to the condition, no longer able to take the boat out to sea and it must sink, helping to make it a shelter for fish. "The only way is to take away" evaluates the instructor.

The vessel, named Alima VII, is subject to attachment of a company's debt Alima Fisheries and Export Bank of the State of São Paulo. No one knows for sure how she got the spot in full Beira Mar Fortaleza, near the Hotel Esplanade.

Thiago Mendes
thiagomendes@opovo.com.br

Source: Journal Opovo