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Incident Update - 17 June 2022

17 June 2022

Incident Update - 17 June 2022

A departure date for the St Vincent is still to be determined, but if the lift is successful, it is planned for early next week.

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Incident Update - 10 June 2022

10 June 2022

Incident Update - 10 June 2022

The 60-metre-long lifting barge St Vincent, which remains in Brisbane, has not been able to leave the Queensland port.

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Incident Update - 3 June 2022

03 June 2022

Incident Update - 3 June 2022

United Salvage – the Australian company appointed to recover the tug wrecks – has advised that the departure from Brisbane of the 60-metre-long lifting barge St Vincent has been delayed. Work to lift the two tugs will commence as soon as possible after the St Vincent’s arrival at the Port of Devonport.

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Incident Update - 27 May 2022

27 May 2022

Incident Update - 27 May 2022

The 55-metre-long receiving barge, the Intan, has arrived at the Port of Devonport in preparation for the removal of the York Cove and Campbell Cove tugs from the Mersey River.

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Incident Update - 20 May 2022

20 May 2022

Incident Update - 20 May 2022

The salvage company, United Salvage, has advised TasPorts that it expects the receiving barge, the Intan, will leave Newcastle within the next 24 hours. The crane barge, St Vincent, will depart from Brisbane on Monday 23 May 2022. Work to lift the two tugs will commence as soon as possible after the barges arrive.

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Incident Update - 13 May 2022

13 May 2022

Incident Update - 13 May 2022

The fabrication works for the cradle that will support the wrecks on the salvage barge for their trip to Bell Bay (previously delayed by bad weather and a Covid-19 outbreak among the fabricators’ workforce) are now in the final stages.

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Incident Update - 6 May 2022

06 May 2022

Incident Update - 6 May 2022

With the preparatory work to lift the York Cove and Campbell Cove tug wrecks from the Mersey River sea floor largely completed on site, the next major project milestone will be the arrival in the state of the barges, the 55-metre-long receiving barge, the Intan, and the 60-metre-long crane barge St Vincent to complete the lift.

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Incident Update - 29 April 2022

29 April 2022

Incident Update - 29 April 2022

The preparatory work to lift the York Cove and Campbell Cove tug wrecks from the Mersey River sea floor has largely been completed.

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Incident Update - 22 April 2022

22 April 2022

Incident Update - 22 April 2022

Preparation of the York Cove and Campbell Cove tug wrecks for the lift to remove them from the Mersey River is progressing well against the original planned schedule.

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Incident Update - 14 April 2022

14 April 2022

Incident Update - 14 April 2022

The complicated clean-up operation, including the wreck removal of the York Cove and Campbell Cove tugs from the Mersey River in Devonport by United Salvage, continued this week.

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Incident Update - 08 April 2022

08 April 2022

Incident Update - 08 April 2022

United Salvage, the company appointed by TasPorts to recover the York Cove and Campbell Cove wrecked tugs from the Mersey River in Devonport, has formally commenced its salvage work.

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Incident Update - 1 April 2022

01 April 2022

Incident Update - 1 April 2022

Drew Shannon, the managing director of United Salvage, the Australian-based company appointed by TasPorts to recover the York Cove and Campbell Cove tugs from the Mersey River in Devonport, has explained the work to be undertaken to salvage the wrecks.

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