DREDGING Melbourne's shipping channel is becoming controversial because figures of the numbers of fully loaded vessels needing extra depth doesn't tally with projected demands, reports The Melbourne Age.
The newspaper said the Port of Melbourne Corporation chief executive Stephen Bradford claims that "44 per cent of container vessels coming in and out of this port are draught-constrained".
But when pressed, a corporation spokesman admitted that ships were only "potentially" constrained, meaning they would have trouble docking if they were fully loaded. But experts maintain that ships are rarely full when coming to Melbourne, having mostly discharged at Sydney or Perth en route.
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Source: schednet
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