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Coal ship calamity narrowly avoided

DISASTER was narrowly avoided last year when a fully-laden coal carrier slewed out of the navigation channel at Newcastle Harbour, putting it at risk of running aground an investigators report has found.

The Aquadiva nearly ran aground off Newcastle in 2017.

The Aquadiva nearly ran aground off Newcastle in 2017.

According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau report into the near grounding of Aquadiva at about 9:23pm on February 12 last year the ship, carrying a full load of coal bound for Map Ta Phut, Thailand,...

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