Moresby Reef
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Another Ship On Moresby Reef
TWO weeks after the Burns Philp cargo vessel, Mangola, went aground (and was refloated 19 hours later) on the reef off Port Moresby, an American cargo ship of over 8,000 tons, Pioneer Glen, went aground on another part of the same reef system.
Pioneer Glen was going in to berth at Port Moresby wharf, at 1 p.m., on April 20, when she swung too wide and struck a reef.
Barges took off some of the Pioneer Glen’s cargo to lighten her and she was refloated at high tide that same night.
She was taking oil-drilling equipment to Moresby for the Australian Petroleum Company.