Calls for Gladstone quarantine solution amid fears seafarers will be left high and dry
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The Port of Gladstone is Queensland s largest multi-commodity port.
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Time is running out for a quarantine facility to be set up on central Queensland coast ahead of the arrival of a ship full of seafarers who must come ashore.
Key points:
By mid-March a decision will be made on a quarantine facility in Gladstone for seafarers
Without a facility, ships carrying timber can t be fumigated and seafarers will have to be quarantined in hospital
Gladstone harbourmaster John Fallon says the government is cutting it fine in finding a solution