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Livestock carrier Barkly Pearl banned from Australian ports for two years
A damaged livestock carrier that has been berthed in a West Australian port for two months has been banned from using any Australian port for two years after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) found the lives of seafarers on board had been put at risk and it was a threat to Australia’s marine environment.
Key points:
- The Barkly Pearl has been handed AMSA’s most severe ban to date
- The damaged vessel was first spotted listing in the water off the WA coast last November
- It has been loaded on to a heavy-lift vessel for “dry towing” out of Australia
It is the most severe ban for a vessel’s owner and operator to date, according to AMSA.
The Barkly Pearl was first spotted off WA’s Midwest coast on November 3 with a hole in its hull and…
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