Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously shot an arrow into the air and he knew not where it fell . Our Shipping Reporter , in a poetic and grumpy frame of mind , fired an arrow into the air over the Townsville waterfront in the shape of the cargo vessel named Amber Archer and it landed near African Wren and many other vessels of interest - unnoticed by the local media landlubbers.
The Shipping Reporter said the arrival of the container ship Lautoka Chief , registered in Hong Kong, which was assisted to berth by two tugs provided many interesting photo opportunities. Apart from the neglect of Townsville's maritime activity -the Ghost Fleet- the local media apparently has not noticed the hundreds of interesting yachts in the area- otherwise they would regularly produce gripping salty tales from the waterfront.
