Re: New Manly ferry suffers another steering failure on Sydney Harbour
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On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 14:01:34 UTC+11 Tony Galloway wrote:

> Hey hey, Perrottet

>

> How many koalas did you kill today?

>

> Just making a gratuitous comment.

>

> As for ferry “choice”, what happens?

>

> An Emerald and a Freshwater ferry both dock at Manly wharf at the same

> time, and the commuters get to pick their ride?

>

> Jeez, these liberal electorates get it good. Doesn’t mean they’re still

> going to vote for them though.

>

> Tony

>

> On 20 Mar 2023, at 12:38, TP histor...@...> wrote:

>

> Of course they never mention that the Australian-built Freshwater Manly

> ferries had control system problems that took over twenty years to fully

> resolve. There were some spectacular groundings out of that one. Memories

> are short, or selective, in politics. Meanwhile, the travelling public is

> voting with its feet and overwhelmingly uses the Emeralds. After all, if

> you have a choice between a faster, more frequent public transport service

> and slower, less frequent one, which one do you choose? It's not rocket

> science.

>

> Tony P

>

> On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 12:20:50 UTC+11 Greg Sutherland wrote:

>

>>

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-manly-ferry-suffers-another-steering-failure-on-sydney-harbour-20230320-p5ctjb.html

>>

>> One of the new Manly ferries has suffered another steering failure on

>> Sydney Harbour, forcing the operator to pull the troubled vessel from

>> service amid ongoing concerns about defects plaguing the three catamarans

>> purchased to replace larger Freshwater ferries.

>>

>> The failure of the Fairlight’s steering occurred at about 7.30pm on

>> Sunday evening while the ferry was sailing from Circular Quay to Manly, and

>> resulted in it swerving to port, according to multiple sources. The ferry

>> was carrying about 150 passengers.

>>

>> Following the incident, the Chinese-built catamaran ferry was removed

>> from regular passenger service and is now docked at the Balmain shipyard.

>> [image: The Fairlight ferry has suffered another steering failure.]

>>

>> The Fairlight ferry has suffered another steering failure.Credit:Edwina

>> Pickles

>>

>> The latest incident takes the number of steering failures

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/high-number-of-steering-failures-involving-new-manly-ferries-revealed-20221202-p5c35r.html

>> involving the Fairlight to nine since the government-owned vessel

>> entered service in late 2021. It has sparked calls for transport

>> authorities to remove all three of the second-generation Emerald-class

>> ferries from service.

>>

>> The Fairlight last suffered a steering failure

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-manly-ferry-suffers-another-steering-failure-near-sydney-heads-20221120-p5bzop.html

>> while carrying passengers near the entrance to Sydney Harbour in

>> November, less than two months after a similar incident

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/manly-ferries-removed-from-service-after-steering-failure-near-cruise-ship-20220926-p5bl6m.html

>> forced ferry operator Transdev to urgently pull the catamaran and two

>> sister vessels from service.

>> Related Article

>> [image: The Fairlight ferry was pulled from service two weeks ago after

>> suffering another steering failure.]

>>

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/high-number-of-steering-failures-involving-new-manly-ferries-revealed-20221202-p5c35r.html

>> Public transport

>> https://www.smh.com.au/topic/sydney-public-transport-62q

>> High number of steering failures involving new Manly ferries revealed

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/high-number-of-steering-failures-involving-new-manly-ferries-revealed-20221202-p5c35r.html

>>

>> Labor transport spokeswoman Jo Haylen said the steering failures

>> involving the Fairlight were a serious risk to passenger safety.

>>

>> “It is only thanks to good luck that a passenger or crew member on one of

>> these ferries has not been seriously injured, or worse,” she said. “What is

>> it going to take before action is taken?”

>>

>> The three new Manly ferries have been plagued with defects and steering

>> failures since they entered service on the busy route in late 2021. The

>> Fairlight’s sister vessel, the Clontarf, suffered an engine failure

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-manly-ferry-suffers-catastrophic-engine-failure-on-sydney-harbour-20230207-p5cikt.html

>> during regular safety drills last month, requiring the engine to later

>> be replaced.

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>> The problems have reinforced concerns the new ferries cannot handle

>> conditions on the Manly-Circular Quay route nearly as well as the larger

>> Freshwater vessels

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/end-of-an-era-last-sailing-set-for-manly-ferry-20211007-p58y0b.html

>> they are meant to replace. The government plans to retire two of the

>> four Freshwater ferries this year.

>> Related Article

>> [image: The Clontarf is wet docked at the Balmain shipyards after

>> suffering a catastrophic engine failure.]

>>

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-manly-ferry-suffers-catastrophic-engine-failure-on-sydney-harbour-20230207-p5cikt.html

>> Public transport

>> https://www.smh.com.au/topic/sydney-public-transport-62q

>> ‘There was an almighty noise’: New Manly ferry suffers catastrophic

>> engine failure

>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-manly-ferry-suffers-catastrophic-engine-failure-on-sydney-harbour-20230207-p5cikt.html

>>

>> Action for Public Transport spokesman Graeme Taylor said all three of the

>> new Manly ferries should be pulled from service until the cause of the

>> latest steering failure was known, and the problem fixed.

>>

>> Transport for NSW has been approached for comment.

>>

>> The Maritime Union of Australia, which represents deck-hands on ferries,

>> said the transport agency needed to work urgently with Transdev to fix the

>> problems plaguing the new Manly ferries.

>>

>> “They created this mess – they need to now fix it,” the union’s deputy

>> branch secretary Paul Garrett said. “It is another reason why ferries

>> should be built in Australia and why the Freshwater ferries should be put

>> back on the run.”

>> Transport Minister David Elliott, who is quitting politics after the

>> state election on Saturday, has also been approached for comment

>>

>>

>>

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