Hon Dr Wayne Mapp Minister of
Defence 27 February 2011
HMNZS Canterbury has full load for
voyage The Navy multi-role vessel HMNZS
Canterbury arrived in Wellington early this evening and will
sail at 5am tomorrow (Monday 28 February) for Lyttelton with
a full load of relief cargo for earthquake-stricken
Christchurch.
Her cargo includes:
• a
fuel tanker (belonging to Chevron Mobil) • four
Telecom vans • four pallets of Telecom equipment
• 20 DoC 4WD vehicles • five Housing New Zealand
4WD vehicles • two pallets of water • two
containers of bedding (Department of Corrections)
• medical backpacks (Ministry of Education)
• Army equipment including two Unimog trucks, a truck
tractor and 12 Baily bridges • four refrigerated
containers • three diesel generators.
She is
expected to dock in Lyttelton at 5pm tomorrow.
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