Subscribe to RSS feedEarthquake triggers Melbourne channel bund inspection
An earthquake which hit Victoria on Tuesday evening will force the Port of Melbourne to survey some infrastructure for possible damage.
Port of Melbourne executive Steven Bradford. Photo - Port of Melbourne Corporation
Port of Melbourne chief executive Stephen Bradford told a Shipping Australia lunch that although any damage was unlikely, the quake had triggered “a channel deepening event”.
“The earthquake triggered an environmental requirement to re-survey the bund in the northern Dredged Material...
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