The ship has already skirted the scrapyard on more than one occasion but finding a second life for the 990-foot vessel has been a series of false starts and stops.

A U.S. District Court temporarily held a previous order for the ocean liner to leave its dock in Pier 82 by Thursday. The eviction is now delayed as the conservancy and the ship's landlord, Penn Warehousing, resolve their latest of many disputes. The court-supervised mediation is ongoing.