Overseas trip worth while! Solution to diabolical Port noise

How about this - not a public-purse jaunt with a bunch of cobbers. Surprised? Shocked? 
Have a little sit-down and a cup of tea. That worked wonders during the Blitz, apparently. 
Let's hope the Maersk chappies do the right thing. 

 

 

 

Sunday, 8 September 2019

Way to silence noisy ships found

By Jessica Wilson

Port Otago’s chief executive has returned from Denmark with a solution to silence noisy ships.
Earlier this year, residents in the area complained about the noise coming from the Rio class ships, which they described as akin to a V8 car idling in their driveway.
Port Otago chief executive Kevin Winders said the solution may be a silencer which would be retro-fitted into the six Rio class ships.
Mr Winders travelled to Copenhagen last month to meet Maersk engineers and said things looked promising....... https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/way-silence-noisy-ships-found