Floating Dock ''Muloobinba'' is a

floating dry dock Floating may refer to: * a type of dental work performed on horse teeth * use of an isolation tank * the guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and ...

that was owned by the

Forgacs Group Forgacs Marine and Defence (Forgacs), former Forgacs Group, is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company. It has facilities at Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Gladstone. The company employs 1000 people. The Forgacs Group acquired ...

, and berthed at Carrington, within

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

Harbour, Australia. Built in Japan in 1977, ''Muloobinba'' arrived in Newcastle in 1978 and was based at the

State Dockyard The State Dockyard was a ship building and maintenance facility operated by the Government of New South Wales in Carrington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia between 1942 and 1987. History In 1942, the State Dockyard opened on the site of t ...

. She was later purchased by the Newcastle Port Corporation, and later Forgacs. On 21 December 2012 FD ''Muloobinba'' left Newcastle. She was initially towed to Batam, Indonesia where she was docked from January through to March 2013 in the ASL dry dock in preparation for her voyage across the Indian Ocean and around the

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is t ...

. She was renamed ''Namdock 3'' and eventually arrived in the port of

Walvis Bay Walvis Bay ( en, lit. Whale Bay; af, Walvisbaai; ger, Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The c ...

, Namibia. ''Namdock 3'' is now owned and operated by Elgin Brown Hamer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muloobinba 1977 ships History of Newcastle, New South Wales