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Maritime Union of Australia
The Maritime Union of Australia has welcomed the imminent safe arrival of Australia’s temporary Antarctic resupply vessel, MPV Everest, in Fremantle, but says serious questions need to be answered about what contingency plans were in place for emergency situations such as a fire.
Support vessel Go Spica finally reached the damaged ice-breaker late yesterday, a week after a major fire burnt through an engine room on the MPV Everest and damaged two vessels on deck. The MPV Everest is due to dock in Fremantle at 3pm.
The union said the Australian Antarctic Division and the Federal Government had serious questions to answer about their contingency plans for the MPV Everest, particularly if the fire had left it unable to continue under its own power, requiring the 109 crew and expeditioners to be rescued at sea.
Australian Antarctic Division
A large offshore tug has been deployed from Western Australia to accompany Australia’s chartered Antarctic resupply vessel MPV Everest in its journey to Fremantle.
GO Spica (pronounced ‘speaker’) is a 76-metre offshore supply vessel currently heading south from Dampier to refuel at Fremantle before heading to the Southern Ocean.
Offshore tug and supply vessel, GO Spica Photo: GO Offshore
Australian Antarctic Division General Manager of Operations & Safety, Charlton Clark, said the decision to send a support vessel to meet MPV Everest is a precautionary measure taken by the ship’s owner, Maritime Construction Services (MCS).
“MPV Everest is not in distress and continues to travel northwards under its own power,” he said.
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