Get a close-up look at the progress of the recovery operation with our regular updates of images from sites around the Newcastle-Port Stephens Coast.
Recovery at sea
Basket sitting on the wharf | The recovery vessel MV Pride |
Basket with container | Waste in basket off shore |
ROV on the seabed | Robotics used to clear a vehicle bonnet |
Open container | Bonnet recovery |
Plastic picked up and put into the basket | Back deck |
Sea bed littered with debris | Back deck |
Basket on back deck | Five-point grab |
ROV pilot screen in the hanger | ROV setup in the hanger |
ROV in the hanger | |
Recovered container full of steel beams | Steel beams on deck |
Crushed container delivered to shore | Crushed container on deck |
Waste disposal
Packets of chips | Foodstuffs |
Container lifted in the waste yard | Thirteen containers in the waste yard |
Bathroom pod in the waste yard | Battery cleanup |
Bikes | Cardboard contents |
Container being lifted | Mangled household goods |
Mangled office chairs | Pulling a ute from a container |
Opening a container full of tyres | Silverado in a container |
Lifting a reefer | Lifting a ute |
Bathroom pod | Container full of tyres |
Bikes | Smashed container |
Bathroom pods | Container house |
Container house | Bobcat cleaning out container |
Glassware |
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Tyres fill a container | Plastics to be sorted and processed |
Plastic jars | Assorted rubbish |
Buckled and bursting containers | Container half emptied |
Cleaned container | |
Milk jug | Prawns |
Furniture |
Last updated: 4 September 2023