Maritime Safety Queensland
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SEIZE REMOVE ABANDONED PROPERTY
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994, section 175A(3).
Date of notice: Monday 30 September 2024
I, Marita FERGUSON, am appointed as a Shipping Inspector under part 13 of the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 (the Act).
Description of abandoned property:
Collector ID164593 - The half sunken wreck – 9 metre full cabin fibreglass cruiser fitted with a 135hp inboard marine engine with registration symbols SJK59Q.
Where and when abandoned property was found:
• Maritime Safety Queensland was alerted to the sunken vessel on Thursday 18 January 2024.
• The vessel is aground and partially submerged off the western shoreline of Thomson Island on the south arm of the Coomera River, in an intertidal zone and it may cause damage to the marine environment and mangrove habitat.
• The vessel may deteriorate further, break apart, and debris may pose as a risk to the safety of navigation of ships transiting the area.
• The vessel is a hazard to navigation for ships transiting the area and has been lit with a yellow special buoy and light.
• I reasonably believe that the vessel SJK59Q is abandoned property.
When abandoned property may be seized and removed:
If the property described above is not claimed by Wednesday 30 October 2024, it may be seized and removed from Queensland waters to a place on land determined by Maritime Safety Queensland.
Statement for the purposes of section 175A(5) of the Act:
If no one claims the property within the time stated above and I seize and remove it, I may, having regard to the value and condition of the property and without further notice–
(a) sell the property by public auction; or
(b) destroy it.
If you wish to assert ownership in the property described above, you must attend in person at the Maritime Safety Queensland, Gold Coast at 40-44 Seaworld Drive Main Beach in the State of Queensland before 4 pm on Wednesday 30 October 2024
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Marita FERGUSON
Shipping Inspector, T375
Maritime Safety Queensland
Gold Coast 4217
