Farrell Lines has withdrawn two of its barge-carrying LASH ships from its West Coast service to Australia and New Zealand, and has chartered them to the Military Sealift Command, with their full complement of barges. The ships, the Austral Lightnight and Austral Rainbow, are being repositioned on the East Coast for delivery to the MSC.
Military Charters Two Farrell Ships
Shipping
Farrell Lines withdrew the LASH ships Austral Lightnight and Austral Rainbow from West Coast service and chartered them, with their barges, to the Military Sealift Command.
Mentioned in this article
Vessel
- Austral Lightnight LASH ship
- Austral Rainbow LASH ship
Company
- Farrell Lines vessel owner
Organization
- Military Sealift Command charterer
Transcribed from the October 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.