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The Australian Antarctic Division welcomes the safe return of fire-damaged MPV Everest to Australia. The chartered ship, carrying 72 expeditioners and 37. ....
(Photo: Australian Antarctic Program) Antarctic resupply ship MPV Everest berthed in Fremantle, Australia at 5:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, after it suffered an engine room fire earlier this month, the Australian Antarctic Division said. Australia’s chartered Antarctic resupply vessel MPV Everest was about 1,700 nautical miles south of Perth when the April 5 fire engulfed the vessel s port engine room and destroyed two inflatable rubber boats on the deck. There were no injuries to the 72 expeditioners and 37 crew on board. The ice-strengthened ship, which was returning from a two month voyage to resupply and change personnel at Australia’s Davis and Mawson research stations in east Antarctica, altered its course for nearer Fremantle instead of Hobart following the incident. ....
Australian Antarctic Division A large offshore tug has been deployed from Western Australia to accompany Australia’s chartered Antarctic resupply vessel MPV Everest in its journey to Fremantle. GO Spica (pronounced ‘speaker’) is a 76-metre offshore supply vessel currently heading south from Dampier to refuel at Fremantle before heading to the Southern Ocean. Offshore tug and supply vessel, GO Spica Photo: GO Offshore Australian Antarctic Division General Manager of Operations & Safety, Charlton Clark, said the decision to send a support vessel to meet MPV Everest is a precautionary measure taken by the ship’s owner, Maritime Construction Services (MCS). “MPV Everest is not in distress and continues to travel northwards under its own power,” he said. ....
Australian Antarctic Division Preparations are being made to send a support vessel to the Southern Ocean to accompany Australia’s chartered Antarctic resupply vessel MPV Everest back to Fremantle. Photo: Wayde Maurer MPV Everest experienced a fire in its port engine room on Monday, and the ship has continued travelling north using its starboard engine room. The vessel is now 1200 nautical miles south of Fremantle, travelling at about 10 knots. Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) General Manager of Operations, Charlton Clark, said the vessel is not in distress and is making way under its own power. “As a precautionary measure the AAD and the ship’s owner, Maritime Construction Services (MCS), have identified two potential support vessels to meet MPV Everest,” Mr Clark said. ....
Share this article Australia will send a support vessel to assist the Antarctic resupply vessel MPV Everest in the Southern Ocean with 109 people on board after the ship suffered a fire in one of its engine rooms, the Australian Antarctic Division has reported. MPV Everest, which is chartered by the Division, experienced a fire in its port engine room on Tuesday while returning home after a two month resupply mission to the Davis and Mawson research stations in east Antarctica. The vessel was able to continue under its own power and was last reported located about 1200 nautical miles south of Fremantle, traveling at a speed of about 10 knots. ....