MV Farley Mowat owner faces federal court as ship still stuck in Shelburne

The owner of MV Farley Mowathas missed a second deadline to remove his ship from Shelburne, N.S.,and could be jailed ata court hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

Scrap dealer Tracy Dodds of Wolfville missed an earlier court-imposed deadline of April 8to 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 $40,000fromDoddsin unpaid berthing fees.

The main engine of Farley Mowat has been removed by a cranein 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 talkto CBC News about the case.