A cargo ship and its 21 crew will spend a second stormy night strand off Sydney, after several rescue attempts failed this week.
While the ship was towed away from the cliffs, plans to pull the ship into a port were aborted yesterday when the cable connecting the tug and the Portland Bay snapped in rough seas.Wild weather — which has sparked widespread flooding in Greater Sydney and rough seas off the coast of NSW — is beginning to ease."It's forecast to start easing at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning," Mr Holliday said. "We'll wait until around daylight before we bring the vessel into Port Botany.
He said the engine was repairable and the vessel remained in a safe and stable position 1.2 nautical miles off the coast of Port Botany.Initially, the New South Wales government had hoped to be able to winch some of the 21 crew members to safety via helicopter, but that rescue attempt had to be abandoned due to the dire weather battering the area.
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