LADY SAMOA II FERRY BACK TO SEA Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/20/2002 - 00:00
APIA, Samoa (May 19, 2002 - Tala Nei News/PINA Nius Online) -Samoa s inter-island ferry Lady Samoa II resumed sailing between Savai‘i and Upolu islands last week after over a month out of service due to shaft failure.
Samoa Shipping Corporation general manager Mapuilesua Willie Nansen said the same Japanese company that built the vessel built a new shaft.
It took 45 days for the replacement shaft to be constructed and flown to Apia.
Lady Samoa II developed the shaft problem about two miles from Apia while on its way back from American Samoa, where it had undergone regular dry docking.