Sea Swift is a north Australian shipping company wholly owned by the Queensland Government Insurance Fund. It operates in Northern Australia, mainly servicing remote and regional communities in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory. The company provides freight and passenger services, and maritime logistical support, operating container ships in addition to barges, tugs and landing craft.
Sea Swift started in 1987 when founder Sid Faithfull identified an opportunity to service Gulf of Carpentaria fishing fleets by mothershipping from Karumba. Over the next 25 years, Sea Swift grew to become Australia's largest privately owned shipping company, operating regular freight, mothershipping, project logistics, and passenger cruise services from its Cairns headquarters to communities throughout Far North Queensland. Expanding to 19 vessels, six depots, and 300 staff in Queensland, today Sea Swift continues to service remote communities along Cape York Peninsula and in the Gulf of Carpentaria, as well as the Torres Strait Islands, including Horn Island, Thursday Island and the outer islands.
In early 2013, through the acquisition of Tiwi Barge,[1] Sea Swift commenced an operation in the Northern Territory. The initial two-vessel and 15-person operation servicing four destinations has grown to become a nine-vessel, 144-person, three-depot operation servicing 25 destinations across the Territory.
In 2015, Sea Swift now had 26 vessels, nine depots, and more than 430 staff in its operation across Northern Australia.
Servicesedit
Sea Swift has several main service streams:
Project logistics – barge/tug and landing craft operations and crewed (or bare boat) vessel chartering.
Sea freight – scheduled liner and coastal freight services accommodating regional break bulk, bulk fuel and container freight requirements.
Passenger cruise – a working barge cruise from Cairns to the Torres Strait.[2]
Sea Swift's Project Logistics unit has seen jobs completed domestically to destinations including Brisbane, Townsville, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Torres Strait Islands, Mornington Island, Lizard Island, Palm Island, Darwin, Gove, Tiwi Islands, Arnhem Land, and many others – as far south as Newcastle and as far west as Western Australia coastal mine sites. Internationally, jobs have been completed to Papua New Guinea, South East Asia and the South Pacific. Clients serviced include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto Alcan, South 32, Gemco, Woolworths, ALPA, Mt Gibson Iron, Sedgman, Bechtel, Santos, Queensland Government, Northern Territory Government, and many others.
Shipsedit
The following vessels are currently within Sea Swift's fleet.[3]
Container shipsedit
MV Trinity Bay – General cargo
MV WARRENDER – General cargo
Landing craftedit
Arnhem Trader
Biquele Bay
Coral Bay
Fourcroy
Kerema Chief
Malu Chief
Malu Explorer
Malu Titan
Malu Trader
Malu Trojan
Malu Warrior
Tiwi Islander
Temple Bay
Territorian
Tugsedit
Arjuna
Agros
Arion
Cossack
Norman River
Staaten River
Bargesedit
SSB1802
SSB1803
Chryssus
Comal
Carcinos
Referencesedit
^"TN 13-04-29 by Regional and Remote Newspapers". ISSUU. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^"Cruises " Sea Swift – Cairns, Queensland Shipping and Sea Freight". Seaswift.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^"Our Fleet " Sea Swift – Cairns, Queensland Shipping and Sea Freight". Seaswift.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
swift, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 2015, learn,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sea Swift news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Sea Swift is a north Australian shipping company wholly owned by the Queensland Government Insurance Fund It operates in Northern Australia mainly servicing remote and regional communities in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory The company provides freight and passenger services and maritime logistical support operating container ships in addition to barges tugs and landing craft Sea Swift s MV Trinity Bay steaming towards the Torres Strait out of Cairns Trinity Inlet Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Ships 3 1 Container ships 3 2 Landing craft 3 3 Tugs 3 4 Barges 4 References 5 External linksHistory editSea Swift started in 1987 when founder Sid Faithfull identified an opportunity to service Gulf of Carpentaria fishing fleets by mothershipping from Karumba Over the next 25 years Sea Swift grew to become Australia s largest privately owned shipping company operating regular freight mothershipping project logistics and passenger cruise services from its Cairns headquarters to communities throughout Far North Queensland Expanding to 19 vessels six depots and 300 staff in Queensland today Sea Swift continues to service remote communities along Cape York Peninsula and in the Gulf of Carpentaria as well as the Torres Strait Islands including Horn Island Thursday Island and the outer islands In early 2013 through the acquisition of Tiwi Barge 1 Sea Swift commenced an operation in the Northern Territory The initial two vessel and 15 person operation servicing four destinations has grown to become a nine vessel 144 person three depot operation servicing 25 destinations across the Territory In 2015 Sea Swift now had 26 vessels nine depots and more than 430 staff in its operation across Northern Australia Services editSea Swift has several main service streams Project logistics barge tug and landing craft operations and crewed or bare boat vessel chartering Sea freight scheduled liner and coastal freight services accommodating regional break bulk bulk fuel and container freight requirements Passenger cruise a working barge cruise from Cairns to the Torres Strait 2 Sea Swift s Project Logistics unit has seen jobs completed domestically to destinations including Brisbane Townsville Gladstone Bundaberg Torres Strait Islands Mornington Island Lizard Island Palm Island Darwin Gove Tiwi Islands Arnhem Land and many others as far south as Newcastle and as far west as Western Australia coastal mine sites Internationally jobs have been completed to Papua New Guinea South East Asia and the South Pacific Clients serviced include BHP Billiton Rio Tinto Alcan South 32 Gemco Woolworths ALPA Mt Gibson Iron Sedgman Bechtel Santos Queensland Government Northern Territory Government and many others Ships editThe following vessels are currently within Sea Swift s fleet 3 Container ships edit MV Trinity Bay General cargo MV WARRENDER General cargo Landing craft edit Arnhem Trader Biquele Bay Coral Bay Fourcroy Kerema Chief Malu Chief Malu Explorer Malu Titan Malu Trader Malu Trojan Malu Warrior Tiwi Islander Temple Bay Territorian Tugs edit Arjuna Agros Arion Cossack Norman River Staaten River Barges edit SSB1802 SSB1803 Chryssus Comal CarcinosReferences edit TN 13 04 29 by Regional and Remote Newspapers ISSUU 29 April 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2015 Cruises Sea Swift Cairns Queensland Shipping and Sea Freight Seaswift com au Retrieved 10 August 2015 Our Fleet Sea Swift Cairns Queensland Shipping and Sea Freight Seaswift com au Retrieved 13 July 2018 External links editSea Swift website 16 56 48 S 145 46 13 E 16 94667 S 145 77028 E 16 94667 145 77028 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sea Swift amp oldid 1211574989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
