Brisbane Times, November 3, 2010 – 5:38AMAndrew Darby, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Hobart correspondent writes:
“Every now and then we discover all is not as right with the world as we thought it was. Even so, who would think a wake-up call could come in the shape of phosphatic rock?
Recently, a harmless enough bulk carrier called the Christine O steamed up the Derwent to unload in Hobart.
It was a surprise to be told that its phosphatic rock cargo came not from the “usual” island sources close to Australia. It came all the way around Africa from the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara……

“Every now and then we discover all is not as right with the world as we thought it was. Even so, who would think a wake-up call could come in the shape of phosphatic rock?Recently, a harmless enough bulk carrier called the Christine O steamed up the Derwent to unload in Hobart.It was a surprise to be told that its phosphatic rock cargo came not from the “usual” island sources close to Australia. It came all the way around Africa from the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara……Read the Brisbane Times article >>