Extra MFV Lance charter, January 2025
Reports from Cynthia GreenDeparture from TristanCargo and passengers were taken to the MFV Lance at about 6:00pm on Sunday 9th February 2025, and she sailed for Cape Town 7:30pm. Passengers are: Islanders: Joseph & Anne Green, Clive Glass, Gerald Repetto; Non-islanders: Jacoba-Kumi Joubert (Nurse), Martin Giles, Mark Hanekem, Jonathan Hanekom, Ashley Hofstander and Andre Groenewald (Electricians). Arrival at TristanThe MFV Lance has been chartered for an extra trip to bring officials to do various work on the island. She arrived at Tristan just after 3:00pm on Sunday 26th January 2025. Passengers came ashore shortly afterwards, and offloading commenced on Monday 27th. |
MFV Lance backloading at dusk, December 2024. |
Passengers were: Richard Noble, Best Paradza, Willem Gerhardus, Tinashe Mamhute, Martin Giles, Mark Hanekom, Jonathan Hanekom, Ashley Hofstander, Andre Groenewald (Electricians); Neil Golding (Mapping Surveyor), and Anna Hicks (Senior Volcanologist/Disaster Risk Reduction Geoscientist). Departure from Cape TownThe MFV Lance departed Cape Town in the afternoon of the 16th January 2025. |