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McColl's firm invested £28m, replacing or renovating old buildings and installing new cranes, but that journey towards becoming a 21st Century shipyard foundered as construction of the big gas-powered ferries ran into the sand.

Long Beach Fire Chief Dennis Buchanan said fire units responded at 9:06 a.m. and found that several containers were also leaning against a gantry crane.

Upstairs in the public gallery, observers craned their necks to get a last glimpse – possibly for decades, perhaps ever – of the seemingly ordinary woman who is one of Australia's most extraordinary killers.

Hammerhead cranes at the nearby port facilities dotted the horizon as classic cars turned down E Street, and posters and T-shirts in the crowd advertised membership in an alphabet soup of union locals.

But it is an apt one to belt out as they look towards a horizon framed by cranes towering over ships of all sizes.