Australia’s icebreaking research vessel has encountered one more setback and will not resupply the Macquarie Island station as initially planned, and a chartered vessel is now taking its place.
The Romanian-built, $528m vessel, RSV Nuyina, enhances the country’s climate research endeavours in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
However, it has endured several problems since its delivery in 2021, which was delayed by almost a year owing to the ongoing pandemic.
Nuyina’s...