GAH!!!!
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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