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> After the new rent went into effect, Penn Warehousing said the conservancy continued to pay the original $850 a day. By March 2022, the landlord decided to terminate its berthing agreement with the conservancy citing more than $160,000 in back rent that continues to accrue. Penn Warehouse asked the nonprofit to move the vessel, which the conservancy has yet to do.

> The conservancy argues there’s a shortage of available docks due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, further complicating a sudden move.

>> The conservancy argues there’s a shortage of available docks due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, further complicating a sudden move.

They should just move it to the median of South Broad, free and no apparent parking restrictions.

Look at me, I am the median now.

They might have to deal with the fact that nobody is going to restore it because of the cost and that it needs to be put in a permanent home.
I know it's a piece of history, but currently it's just wasting away.

This comment is entirely too rational. Remove yourself from reddit immediately.

IMO they should sell it to the navy to use as target practice. But I think a big concern is that it may not be structurally sound enough to leave the pier

Just push it super fast across to the NJ side and let them deal with it. Either that or set it adrift down the Delaware and see how far it goes. Wherever it lands is it's home.

With PhilaPort expansion plans I can see them one day forcing their hand and removing the ship. But PhilaPort is not even full all the time either. So I think this ship will sit there for another 3-4 years

Would love to sit on a jury regarding the lawsuit of back pay for this. This case would probably be so interesting

>currently it's just wasting away

The ship was only used for 17 years. It's been a piece of speculative value for over 50 years.

Sell it for scrap. Let’s be honest no one will ever restore it. It can’t be made profitable.

It will sit there for however long the court case takes to process plus an additional year to figure out how to tow it out and to where.

Drag it somewhere and sink it. It will be a very fancy home for fish, mussels, and other aquatic life.

There are only two futures for what's left of this hull. Sink it off the cost to make a reef / tide break, or scrap it.

I doubt at this point after 50 years of neglect that the ship can even make it to the nearest scrap yard if it has to go out into the Atlantic to get there. So that leaves sinking it off southern NJ most likely in the Delaware Bay or as deep out as they can get before it starts sinking on its own.

That or they bring it into the navy yard to scrap it, it might fit in one of the old dry docks down there, but I question if the value of the scrap would even pay for the dock time.

In other words it's a literal sinking ship

Should have been towed out to sea and sunk 30 years ago so divers and fish could enjoy it rather than it being an eyesore here for that long.