Sitting pretty in Newcastle Port, Sydney's brand new ferries harbour a dangerous underbelly. 9News
9News revealed tonight that solid asbestos had been uncovered last week in gaskets on three of the four vessels as they were given a final fit-out following delivery from Indonesia.Asbestos has been found on Sydney's new ferry fleet.
Sydney ferry operator Transdev ordered the new fleet of 10 river class ferries and three emerald class ferries from Australian ship-builder Birdon.All three countries have been flagged by the Australian Border Force on a warning list of nations whose imports have had traces of asbestos fibres.
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