Further Reading

Thursday, 28 June 2007

Pasha salvage in jeopardy

The salvage effort for the stranded coal carrier Pasha Bulker is in jeopardy after a second tow line snapped early this morning. The line to the Queensland supertug Pacific Responder snapped with an explosive crack just before 7am (AEST). Last night a line to the smaller tug Keera snapped.The Pasha Bulker is now secured only by a line to a third tug, the Woona, and lines to three sea anchors. (Sydney Morning Herald)