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The company responsible for a ship that lost about 40 containers overboard along the New South Wales coastline has assured authorities none of the cargo is hazardous. Container ship APL England will dock at the Port of Brisbane after midday on Wednesday under escort by two police craft and several support vessels. ANL, operators of APL England, say 21 of the lost containers were empty and none of the others contain regulated hazardous goods or dangerous cargo. The containers not only held medical supplies but a also wide range of goods including household appliances and building materials One container has washed up at Birdie Beach near Newcastle while face masks and other items have been discovered on NSW beaches. “None of this cargo poses a risk to public health and we apologise for any disruption that has been caused,” the company said in a statement. “ANL is committed to preserving the local environment and will undertake to remove debris in as timely a manner as possible.” The company has appointed Varley Group to start a clean-up operation on Wednesday. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship lost the containers in rough seas on Sunday. The ship was en route from China to Melbourne when it struck turbulent seas and was forced to change course and head to Brisbane. Australian Maritime Safety Authority officials boarded the ship on Tuesday when it was anchored in Moreton Bay off the Sunshine Coast. AMSA surveyors conducted a seaworthiness inspection to check the ship’s structural and operational condition following the collapse of the container stacks on the deck and it was given the all-clear to travel overnight. “We’ll do a major inspection of the ship when it docks in the Port of Brisbane,” an AMSA spokesperson said. Australian Associated Press
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The company responsible for a ship that lost about 40 containers overboard along the New South Wales coastline has assured authorities none of the cargo is hazardous.
Container ship APL England will dock at the Port of Brisbane after midday on Wednesday under escort by two police craft and several support vessels.
ANL, operators of APL England, say 21 of the lost containers were empty and none of the others contain regulated hazardous goods or dangerous cargo.
The containers not only held medical supplies but a also wide range of goods including household appliances and building materials
One container has washed up at Birdie Beach near Newcastle while face masks and other items have been discovered on NSW beaches.
“None of this cargo poses a risk to public health and we apologise for any disruption that has been caused,” the company said in a statement.
“ANL is committed to preserving the local environment and will undertake to remove debris in as timely a manner as possible.”
The company has appointed Varley Group to start a clean-up operation on Wednesday.
The Singapore-flagged cargo ship lost the containers in rough seas on Sunday.
The ship was en route from China to Melbourne when it struck turbulent seas and was forced to change course and head to Brisbane.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority officials boarded the ship on Tuesday when it was anchored in Moreton Bay off the Sunshine Coast.
AMSA surveyors conducted a seaworthiness inspection to check the ship’s structural and operational condition following the collapse of the container stacks on the deck and it was given the all-clear to travel overnight.
“We’ll do a major inspection of the ship when it docks in the Port of Brisbane,” an AMSA spokesperson said.
Australian Associated Press
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