Exclusive: The RSV Nuyina cannot sail safely under the Hobart bridge, meaning a round trip of hundreds more kilometres to refuel
Australia’s new state-of-the-art $528m icebreaking Antarctic research vessel has been refused permission to travel underneath Hobart’s Tasman bridge to refuel, and must instead sail hundreds of kilometres north to another port.
The Australian Antarctic Division has confirmed that approval has not been granted and the ship must instead travel to Burnie this summer, on the island state’s north-west coast, to receive fuel. This must occur before every voyage to“The AAD has received advice from TasPorts that RSV Nuyina is not permitted under the Tasman Bridge to refuel at Selfs Point,” an AAD spokesperson told Guardian Australia.
Those long-term options could be considered in any redevelopment of the Macquarie Point precinct, where the proposed multi-purpose stadium will be built to supportNuyina’s first voyage to Antarctica was in January 2022. The delivery of the Romanian built ship was delayed during the pandemic “Ensuring our team of highly qualified and experienced marine pilots are familiar with this bespoke vessel and the way it manoeuvres is pivotal to providing final clearance for theIn 1975, 12 people died after a cargo ship crashed into the bridge, causing part of the structure to collapse.
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