Plea from lost vet’s wife after ship sinks

THE wife of a Queensland vet missing after the cattle export ship he was on sank in the East China Sea has made an emotional plea for her husband to “come home soon”.

Lukas Orda was one of 43 crew members on-board the ill-fated Gulf Livestock 1, which was bound for China after leaving New Zealand last month.

The vessel has gone missing after a monstrous typhoon hit waters southwest of Japan.

Japanese officials believe the vessel, which was carrying 5800 cattle, may have sunk, with search efforts under way.

The cargo ship sent a distress signal during Typhoon Maysak in the waters west of Amami Oshima Island.

It’s understood it capsized after it hit rough weather and a freak wave.

Mr Orda’s wife Emma on Thursday night made an emotional post on social media.

“Please come home really soon we love you,” the post read. The couple wed in November 2019 and welcomed a son in March.

HYDRO Tasmania has a new CEO – a man who started work with the electricity generator almost 40 years ago.

Chairman Grant EveryBurns announced on Friday that Evangelista Albertini had been appointed to the role.

Mr Albertini was most recently the chief asset management and investment officer at Hydro Tasmania.

Before that he worked as the chief operations officer for nine years with responsibility for the operation, maintenance and capital enhancement of

Hydro Tasmania’s extensive power-generation infrastructure portfolio.

Mr Albertini began his career with Hydro Tasmania in 1982 as a trainee technical officer and design draughtsman, but pursued other opportunities nationally and overseas between 1998 and 2002.

“Having stewardship over Tasmania’s iconic hydropower infrastructure is an enormous privilege,” Mr Albertini said.

Mr Albertini replaces Steve Davy, who did not seek reappointment to the position.