Super Servant 4 Calls Brisbane

Dockwise Yacht Transport’s Super Servant 4 will arrive later this month at Fisherman’s Island Terminal in Brisbane, Australia.

The 17,600-deadweight-ton semi-submersible will be carrying a cargo of yachts, valued at approximately US$35 million, according to a statement from the Florida-based yacht carrier. It has been more than a year since the ship’s last trip here was diverted to Sydney due to extreme flooding throughout Queensland.

“Brisbane is in the process of rebuilding,” Jason Roberts, president of Aurora Global Logistics, DYT’s agent for Australia, said in a statement. “When the Brisbane River’s riverbanks broke last January, an overflow level of 14.6 feet was reached, and approximately 20,000 houses were flooded.”

Dockwise Yacht Transport operates a liner service to deliver private yachts and charter boats to cruising destinations around the world. Super Servant 4 left Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in December and has made calls in Martinique, France, Port Everglades, Florida and Golfito, Costa Rica before arriving in Brisbane. From Brisbane, it will sail to Auckland, New Zealand, and return to Port Everglades before heading to Toulon, France in early April.

Once docked at Brisbane, the Super Servant 4 will submerge itself by pumping nine million gallons of water into its ballast tanks. After scuba divers remove sea-fasteners from each yacht, the vessels can be floated off their transport.

Photo shows Super Servant 4 with its cargo of yachts sailing for Brisbane, Australia. Courtesy of Dockwise Yacht Transport.