Crew on a cargo ship which started drifting towards rocks off Sydney were expected to spend a long night attempting to repair a faulty engine after a daring emergency mission to drag the cement-carrier into deeper water.
As wild weather belted metropolitan Sydney and the regions on Monday, the Portland Bay bulk carrier sparked an emergency mission after leaving Port Kembla early in the morning and losing power soon after.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
