Where Does Nsw Boating Money Go - Ports?

[pelican]

Well does anyone think that a 6hp fire pump and 33knots is anything to be seriosly happy about???

Think I'll donate a pump to GregL or he should put his boat out to lease to the Ports guys. That is one hell of a lot of money to spend.

11t crane - what the hell they haven't got a boat that will take a 11t payload. Haven't these blokes heard of leasing??

Will have to look it up and see what it looks like but seriously they could have fitted a decent fire pump to ever police boat in NSW for $100,000 as they are only 3 grand a pop.

http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/docs/minist...s/millerspt.pdf

Edited March 16, 2009 by pelican

[achjimmy]

Well does anyone think that a 6hp fire pump and 33knots is anything to beseriosly happy about???

Think I'll donate a pump to GregL or he should put his boat out to lease to the Ports guys. That is one hell of a lot of money to spend.

11t crane - what the hell they haven't got a boat taht will take a 11t payload. Haven't these blokes heard of leasing??

Will have to look it up and see what it looks like but seriously they could have fitted a decent fire pump to ever police boat in NSW for $100,000 as they are only 3 grand a pop.

http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/docs/minist...s/millerspt.pdf

More stellar business decisions by our state government

[pelican]

Now have a photo of it. That will never hold station with that nozzle so far forward on the bow and so low.

Pel

Fire-fighting and fast response boat on Sydney Harbour

'Millers Point' NSW Maritime ©

NSW Ports and Waterways Minister Joe Tripodi has announced a $1 million boost to port safety with the recent purchase of new equipment to help respond to incidents and emergencies on Sydney Harbour.

'Sydney Ports Corporation is providing safe operations for all port users by investing in new and updated equipment such as the ‘Miller’s Point’ fast response vessel,' Mr Tripodi said.

The Miller’s Point was designed in Western Australia by Global Marine and built locally by Axiom Alloys of Mt. Druitt. The boat measures 9.3 metres in length, has a beam of 3.35 metres and a draft of 0.55 metres.

'The primary purpose of the vessel is to respond to fires around the harbour such as small boat fires or bushfires, as well as oil spills,' Mr Tripodi said.

'The boat is fitted with twin 225 hp engines and a 6hp stand alone fire pump and in recent trials achieved a top speed of 33 knots.'

Mr Tripodi said the $360,000 craft was selected because of its trihedral type hull, which provides a stable platform, whether stationary or underway.

'The Miller’s Point will cover areas of the harbour as far as Parramatta in the west, the Lane Cove River, Middle Harbour and up to three nautical miles out to sea.

'The vessel has the ability to respond off-shore in all but the worst conditions,' Mr Tripodi said.

The boat’s other roles include responding to emergencies such as harbour collisions and search and rescue operations and transporting marine pilots and other Sydney Ports personnel around the harbour.

'The Miller’s Point will provide Sydney Ports Corporation with an increased capacity to respond and deal with a variety of marine emergencies,' Mr Tripodi said.

'In addition to maintaining safe navigation for commercial shipping and controlling the conditions under which dangerous goods are handled and stored in port areas, Sydney Ports also has responsibility for the clean-up of any environmental spills.

'That covers a wide area and includes Sydney Harbour, Botany Bay and 90km of coastline.'

Mr Tripodi said Sydney Ports also recently purchased a Scania 11 tonne crane truck at a cost of $450,000, which will double the carrying and lifting capability of Sydney Ports’ emergency response unit.

'Sydney Ports is the only agency in the State with the equipment to handle oil spills of 10 tonnes or more.

'As such, Sydney Ports Corporation is required to rapidly respond to incidents all over the State as well as National emergencies.'

In addition to the Miller’s Point and Scania truck, Sydney Ports has purchased new oil spill containment and recovery equipment at a cost of $250,000.

Edited March 16, 2009 by pelican

[ant180]

An 11t crane truck couldn't lift 11t with the boom extended. Maybe 1t with the boom all the way out.

But i do see your point!

Bear in mind, the cost of building to boat to full survey requirements adds up fast.

Beaurecrats...

[pelican]

Yeah I know

i just ate seeing the waste with every single department that relates to the harbour all having their own equipment and not sharing so to speak. Worse tahn taht as the QLD saga has shown the different people don't talk to each other so the Navy will sit their watching while police and ports are trying to raise access for their own or staff to run boats.

Now to say that the navy, Maratime and police don't have lifting facilities and stowage for oil spill stuff and they are less than 3 minutes away on the water.

Just so hard to share equipment between budgets .

I also commented as 12 years ago I saw a crane from a Govt department get sold for peanuts which was 10 years old and still in 100% service updated and it had done 16 hours total on the meters and have travelled 112km. Story was they didn't have the qualified rigger on staff any more and were using the lighter cranes or renting lighter cranes with crew all the time.

Survey can be expensive but buying one off designs is a very expensive way to go an doing design interstate and building here as they give preference to NSW built boats ids all part ogf the tender game.

Edited March 17, 2009 by pelican