Skip to main content

Spirit V resting against tugboat

a camera image of a boat in darkness

"However, the storm became the first known hurricane in the area, and the ship could not be kept at the pier, but instead drifted against the embankment on the side of the lake."
Spirit of Tasmania new ferry funnel lifted by cranes into place.

Rauma hurricane-force winds

"The good news is that the vessel has not been transferred to Tasmanian ownership at this stage, so the risk remains with the Finnish boatbuilder,"
he said.

A ship under construction

New Spirit of Tasmania V and IV ferries in shipyard.

Loading...Loading...
Posted , updated