State of the art deep water marine research vessel Pangaea Ocean Explorer , owned by WA mining magnate Twiggy Forrest, which costs $4 million a year to run , spotted in Cairns by our Shipping Reporter .Wonder if this vessel would be involved in the proposed grand venture to run power by cable from the Territory to Singapore, now under a cloud ?
Forrest was reported ages ago as saying the superyacht was involved with the Minderoo Foundation's $100 million Flourishing Oceans study to protect global marine life .
Flourishing Oceans , the report continued , was intended to track global fishing patterns, fund research into ocean plastics pollution and develop a world-class research facility at Exmouth ,in West Australia , to study the migration of sea life through the Indian Ocean.
News tip for local media : What is the ship doing in Cairns ?
