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The First Civilian Managed Vessel for Australian Navy

September 15, 2014

In 2012, Teekay Australia signed on to manage the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) newest vessel, Australian Defence Vessel ADV Ocean Shield, further advancing Teekay Australia’s growing relationship with the Commonwealth of Australia Government and Defence department. Ocean Shield became the first vessel for RAN with full civilian crew and full civilian technical management. Of course, Ocean Shield became best known in 2014 as the vessel participated in the international search for missing Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 in the Indian Ocean, dragging a towed pinger locator on the look-out for wreckage of the missing airliner.
  • MH370: Australia’s Ocean Shield picks up two black box-type signals
  • Ocean Shield: A mission of hope and uncertainty in search for Flight 370
Throughout that mission, the Teekay crew – lead by Capt. Nick Woods – performed their duties with a focus on operational leadership that Teekay has become renowned for. As the Chief of the Defence Force, General D. J. Hurley, noted in a letter to the crew: “Every member of the Ocean Shield should be justifiably proud of their contribution to this most difficult of tasks. The professionalism you and your personnel displayed in the conduct of the mission has enhanced the reputation and international standing of the Australian Defence Force.”
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Picture of the search team during the first phase of MH370 on the Ocean Shield.

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Peter Iuliano inspecting the device which was dragged behind the Ocean Shield to locate the blackbox.

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One of the Navy’s best tools deployed in Flight 370 search, Bluefin-21.

 
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