Subscribe to RSS feedSvitzer tug capsizes in Fremantle harbour
A 500-tonne crane was used to right an overturned Svitzer workboat in the port of Fremantle's Inner Harbour last night.
Svitzer workboat Biggada, shown here in her former Adsteam colours
The 1977-built, 10-tonne bollard pull Biggada had been preparing to pull a livestock carrier away from Berth 12 on the North Quay when she capsized at about 1210 hrs yesterday.
The tug master and a crew member were pulled from the harbour...
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