Bill GreenHUGE BONUSES FOR THE DREDGING CREWS WORKING PORT PHILLIP BAY
June 6th 2008 09:35
The Queen of the Netherlands, the Port Phillip Bay dredge, is two months ahead of its schedule. It's ahead because it's various captains and crews have worked quickly and roughly and without thought for the bay's condition. The crew is in for huge bonuses for avoiding the ignorant eyes of those that monitor its methods.
My informant says that there have been several near misses by ships negotiating the bay waters because the pilots appear not to be able to use the new computer systems. The most dangerous incident occurred when a ship came within ten metres of the dredge. The accident was avoided because the Netherlands has fins of steel it can lock in to the surrounding sands and rocks and bring it to a shuddering halt.
I think my informant wishes he was caught because the conditions of his secret living on the craft are terrible. He complains of the stink from the work being undertaken but has scored a gas mask.
He reports that the huge holes that are mistakenly made with incorrect and fumbled work are filled with huge rocks that have been dislodged from the sea floor.
My i9nterest in all this is that my doco, The Last Good Summer, reveals, through the good offices of Captain Frank Hart (former harbour master) that there will be an Exxon Valdez type catastrophe in
Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.
My informant says that there have been several near misses by ships negotiating the bay waters because the pilots appear not to be able to use the new computer systems. The most dangerous incident occurred when a ship came within ten metres of the dredge. The accident was avoided because the Netherlands has fins of steel it can lock in to the surrounding sands and rocks and bring it to a shuddering halt.
I think my informant wishes he was caught because the conditions of his secret living on the craft are terrible. He complains of the stink from the work being undertaken but has scored a gas mask.
He reports that the huge holes that are mistakenly made with incorrect and fumbled work are filled with huge rocks that have been dislodged from the sea floor.
My i9nterest in all this is that my doco, The Last Good Summer, reveals, through the good offices of Captain Frank Hart (former harbour master) that there will be an Exxon Valdez type catastrophe in
Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.
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