Sea Swift
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Sea Swift is a regional sea freight company, operating from Cairns, Queensland to Thursday Island. The company ships dry and frozen cargo to 12 different islands. This includes a vital supplies of food to remote islands[1][2]
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[edit] Services
Along with general cargo transport and passenger services, Sea Swift also provide mothershipping services[3]. Commercial fishing vessels on the coast of Far North Queensland and in the Gulf of Carpentaria, use Sea Swift for stores receival, crew exchange, and product transfer.
In July 2005, Endeavour Shipping added Thursday Island to its weekly service between Cairns and Bamaga. This broke Sea Swift's monopoly on the shipping trade between Cairns and Thursday Island, and caused some shipping rates to drop by almost half.[4]
[edit] Awards
Sea Swift was nominated to receive a Quarantine Certificate of Commendation in 2005, but it was ultimately won by Ergon Energy[5][6].
[edit] Ships
The following are ships and boats of Sea Swift's fleet[7].
[edit] Merchant vessels
- MV Trinity Bay - General Cargo
- MV Newcastle Bay - General Cargo
- MV Kestrel Bay - Fishing vessel mothership
- MV Emu Bay - Fishing vessel mothership
[edit] Landing Craft
- Malu Titan
- Malu Warrior
- Malu Chief
- Malu Trojan
- Malu Raider
- Wadjemup
- Temple Bay
[edit] Tugs
- Cossack
- Arjuna II
[edit] Barges
- Coomal
- Colossus
[edit] References
- ^ Lizard Island Research Station - Ordering Food
- ^ http://www.dco.dod.gov.au/dco/dcolocationstext.nsf/qld/Cairns?OpenDocument&Cairns
- ^ Sea Swift
- ^ Endeavour challenges Sea Swift in Top End. | Australasian Business Intelligence | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Bright sparks protect Australia - DAFF
- ^ The Cairns Post - Oct 23, 2006
- ^ Sea Swift
