A salvage company that is to remove the derelict ship MV Miner from a rocky shore off Cape Breton is expected to make a preliminary visit to the site on Monday.
Dan Davis, a spokesman for the provincial Department of Natural Resources, says that the Bennington Group of New York will also meet with officials from two provincial departments and with federal government representatives.
Davis says they will then tour the wreck site off Scatarie Island.
The salvage company was expected in February but the site visit fell through.
Davis says there are no plans for the company to meet with local residents, but he says the government has been maintaining contact with community members and will provide them with an update.
The Greek ocean-going tug Hellas was towing the MV Miner on Sept. 20 when its line broke free and the ship ran aground on Scatarie Island, a designated wilderness area.
The vessel was on its way from Montreal to Turkey, where it was supposed to be scrapped.
Davis said there are no plans yet for when the derelict ship will be removed.
"The site visit will likely help with the company's plan, when they have had a look at it and discussed further how they would remove the vessel," he said.
