MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Two of Australia’s commercial ports will close during the New Year period because of fears about problems caused by the Year 2000 computer bug, authorities said Thursday.
The closures are planned because harbormasters could not be sure that ships trying to enter the ports won’t be affected by computer problems.
The government of Victoria state has ordered that all shipping facilities in its four major ports stop from an hour before midnight on New Year’s Eve until at least dawn on the first day of 2000.
Even then, ships will have to prove they have met Y2K compliance standards set by the International Maritime Organization before being allowed into port.
Ports in Queensland state will also close, from New Year’s Eve until dawn on Jan. 2, to avoid any problems with ships that are not Y2K-compliant, said Tony Slocombe, operations executive at the Port of Brisbane, the state’s capital.
Ports in some other capitals are closed for the New Year’s holiday.
If it has been some time since you have read anything on the Y2K, below are three updated links to click on. Y2K is not the end of the world, but given less than 30 days left we probably should read up on it and be informed.
Information is taken from www.worldnetdaily.com the #1 internet website in the world for 30 weeks.
1) Clinton plans to declare Y2K national emergency Exercise to include ‘high probability and high-risk’ disruptions
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/199 91129_xex_clinton_set_.shtml
2) Emergency agency expects the worst Y2K could be more than government can handle
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/19991129_xex_emergency_ag.shtml
3) Get the rest of the story. See our daily ‘Countdown’ page for more Y2K news http://www.worldnetdaily.com/y2k_index.shtml – WND
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