MV ''Trinity Bay'' (formerly the
South Korea
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n registered ''Faesco 103'') is a , 81 metre long, Coastal
Freighter owned by the
Sea Swift shipping company based in
Cairns,
Australia. It runs a weekly service supplying communities on the
Cape York Peninsula
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and in
Torres Strait
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. Formerly a Sand Dredge, the Trinity Bay was converted into the current layout during the year 2000 in Cairns Shipyards. Even though the ship is a fully commercial cargo ship, she regularly carries 40 passengers to and from
Thursday Island
Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately north of Cap ...
.
The Trinity Bay also works to replenish other Sea Swift vessels, and occasionally carries
CSIRO
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CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO ...
scientists to monitor the condition of the northern
Great Barrier Reef
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.
During the wet season of 2009, the MV ''Trinity Bay'' was one of the only methods available to provide supplies of food to Cairns. 200,000 litres of fuel and 40 semi-trailer loads of food were delivered by the vessel on 6-2-2008 to supplies
Coles and
Woolworths
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Businesses
* F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores
* Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shop ...
stores with supplies.
References
Cairns, Queensland
Far North Queensland
Merchant ships of Australia
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