Friday, December 16, 2016

ANOTHER INTERESTING GHOST SHIP PASSES THROUGH TOWNSVILLE

You  would  think  that when  a vessel from a company which has been in the  business of   shipping  livestock for  more  than 100 years - the  Finola   of the  Danish  based  Corral Line -  steams into  port  that  the  local media  might be interested . Not  in  Townsville , Sinbad .  The    vessel  stood  out  when our shipping   reporter , lurking about the  waterfront with his mumbling drinking mate , Marlon ,  spotted  the  vessel . The  company  has an  office  in  Sydney  and  North  America. Last year ,    Corral  owner  Bjorn Clausen  received  a Lifetime Achiever's Award  for  his contribution  to the  livestock  export industry  out  of   Australia   going  back  to  1960 .

OTHER   WATERFRONT  SCOOPS


Solar powered lights  have been installed on  the  port breakwater  alterations   to improve navigation safety and the Port Authority, without  public notice,  has been issuing  parking tickets  for   vehicles  near  the  Coast  Guard  area  which , for   years ,  has  been  used by Magnetic Island residents  who   have a   town  car , so  what  is  going on ?