Timber adrift south of Yamba after Cargo ship loses 600 packs



9:19 PM Fri 8 Oct 2010 GMT
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A cargo vessel registered in Panama, Mimasaka, has weighed anchor and resumed its course to Singapore after an unscheduled emergency stop off the coast of Yamba. NSW Maritime Manager Regional Ports and Shipping Safety David Hunter said the 128m ship lost an estimated 600 packs of timber cargo on Monday when it encountered bad weather 43 nautical miles north-east of Coffs Harbour. 'The vessel had been en route from Burnie in Tasmania to Singapore,' he said. 'NSW Maritime's harbour master for the Port of Yamba provided assistance to the Mimasaka which anchored 2.2 nautical miles off Yamba to secure its ...


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