How two sunken tugs were pulled from a river in Tasmania

A mud-covered tugboat being lifted by cranes from a salvage vessel.

A bulk cement carrier rammed and sank two tugboats in Port Devenport, Tasmania, in January. The waterway is now open to normal commercial traffic after a salvage operation this month involving a commercial vessel with built-in cranes that normally is used to transport breakbulk and heavy lift project cargo such as wind turbines, transformers and mining equipment.

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