photo by Dave Logan marinetraffic .com
This rustbucket is the 'Glorius Plumeria'. It carries about 10,000 tonnes of woodchips. It left Bell Bay Tasmania on March 8 2021 telling TasPorts it's destination is Singapore. That was a lie. It's real destination was Dafeng mainland China. This is a new destination port for Tasmanian native forest woodchips. The Dalia which has just left Bell Bay 6 is also going to Dafeng.
Possibly Communist China has opened a new pulp mill in Dafeng or perhaps they are using Tasmanian forest woodchips for some other purpose. For the Tasmanian logging industry to mindlessly supply a hostile foreign power during a meaningless local election is a matter of global concern. Especially when the Tasmanian logging industry is effectively backstabbing Australian primary producers like barley, wine and seafoods. Supplying totalitarian China at this time is criminal.