Australia’s $528m Antarctic icebreaker too big to fit under Tasman bridge to refuel

Exclusive: The RSV Nuyina cannot sail safely under the Hobart bridge, meaning a round trip of hundreds more kilometres to refuel

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Australia’s new state-of-the-art $528m icebreaking Antarctic research vessel has been refused permission to travel underneath Hobart’s Tasman bridge to refuel, and must instead sail hundreds of kilometres north to another port.

Tasmania’s port authority has long been concerned the 160m-long ship is too big to safely pass underneath the bridge, despite the Australian Antarctic Division’s previous assurances that it can.

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