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Two new firefighting vessels for Port Botany and Sydney Harbour

Port Authority of NSW has signed a $10 million contract with Australian shipbuilders, Birdon, to build two new multipurpose firefighting vessels for Sydney Harbour and Port Botany.The two new firefighting vessels will provide Port Authority with …
May 31, 2021 / Vessels

Crane in major safety incident at DP World Port Botany container terminal

Outsourced maintenance work has been blamed after wire ropes on a crane used to load and unload shipping containers at DP World’s Port Botany terminal catastrophically slipped, with the maritime union saying it was lucky no one was injured in the …
Jul 23, 2019 / Accidents