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A quarantine location is yet to be announced by Queensland Health for a ship thats crew must come ashore in Gladstone at the weekend.
The Marshall Islands flagged MV Astra Centaurus is scheduled to dock in Gladstone on Saturday, according to Maritime Safety Queensland.
The 196 metre long bulk carrier was built in 2012 and is owned by US based Pegasus Maritime Enterprises.
The ship docked in the Korean port of Donghae for three days last month, departing on February 7, bound for the port of Cebu, in the Philippines.
On March 3, after unloading cargo in Cebu which reduced the ships draught from 11.8 metres to 6.7 metres, the Astra Centaurus set sail for Gladstone.
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A potential quarantine crisis is looming for Gladstone due to there being no facility for the crew of a ship, that must disembark, expected to arrive at the port in days.
The logging ship full of seafarers is due to dock mid-March to be loaded with timber and be fumigated, requiring the entire crew to come ashore.
Over several days the vessel will be pumped with chemicals to kill any vermin in the timber.
Until January, when the more infectious UK COVID strain outbreak occurred at Brisbane’s Hotel Grand Chancellor, Gladstone had a designated quarantine hotel for seafarers.
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Time is running out for a quarantine facility to be set up on central Queensland coast ahead of the arrival of a ship full of seafarers who must come ashore.
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By mid-March a decision will be made on a quarantine facility in Gladstone for seafarers
Without a facility, ships carrying timber can t be fumigated and seafarers will have to be quarantined in hospital
Gladstone harbourmaster John Fallon says the government is cutting it fine in finding a solution