A new $48 million contract to supply the long-delayed Darwin ship lift project with a lift operating system has been awarded that will get the project moving, the Chief Minister said, while rejecting a proposal for a mobile ship lift to bridge the gap for industry following massive delays to the major project.

Norship/Norsta floated the idea of a 500-tonne mobile ship lift at East Arm that the company says would “de-risk reliance on a single ship lift facility” and would involve “minimum government co-investment” following the delays to the timeline of the 5500-tonne major ship lift facility.

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