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MV Tampa

MV Tampa is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MV Tampa rather than just read about it. In short: MV Tampa was a roll-on/roll-off container ship completed in 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning. In 2001, the vessel was at the centre of the Tampa affair when its crew rescued 433 refugees in international waters, but the Australian government refused permission for them to disembark on Christmas Island.

MV Tampa — main illustration
MV Tampa — illustration

Key takeaways

  • MV Tampa belongs to mathematics; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect MV Tampa to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of MV Tampa from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

MV Tampa was a roll-on/roll-off container ship completed in 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning. In 2001, the vessel was at the centre of the Tampa affair when its crew rescued 433 refugees in international waters, but the Australian government refused permission for them to disembark on Christmas Island.

Service history Tampa was launched in late 1983. It was a roll-on/roll-off ship, designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter. This is in contrast to lift-on/lift-off (LoLo) vessels, which use a crane to load and unload cargo.

Tampa affair

In August 2001, under Captain Arne Rinnan, a diplomatic dispute brewed between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia after Tampa rescued 433 Afghans from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters. The Afghans wanted passage to the nearby Christmas Island. The Australian government sought to prevent this by refusing Tampa entry into Australian waters, insisting on their disembarkment elsewhere, and deploying the Special Air Service Regiment to board the ship. At the time of the incident, Tampa carried cargo worth A$20 million, and 27 crew. The crew of Tampa later received the Nansen Refugee Award for 2002 from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for their efforts to follow international principles of saving people in distress at sea.

Cocaine smuggling bust In October 2006, Tampa was one of two Wilhelmsen ships involved in a cocaine-smuggling operation intercepted by the New Zealand Customs Service and the Australian Federal Police. Twenty-seven kilograms (60 lb) of cocaine was allegedly attached to the side of the two cargo ships bound for Australia in purpose-built metal pods, although New Zealand authorities stated they did not believe the ship's crew or owners were involved.

See also MV Taiko Ruddock v Vadarlis

References

Bibliography David Marr, Maria Wilkinson: Dark Victory – How a government lied its way to political triumph. Allen & Unwin 2004, ISBN 978-1-74114-447-5.

Further reading Decision of Justice North, Federal Court of Australia 11 September 2001 Decision of Full Court overturning decision of Justice North, 18 September 2001 David Marr & Marian Wilkinson Dark Victory. ISBN 1-74114-447-7 McPhedran, Ian (2005). The Amazing SAS. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-7322-7981-X. News.com.au: Reflections by Julian Burnside on Tampa with public comments published to coincide with 5-year anniversary of the event Daniel Ross, Violent Democracy, ch. 5. Mary Elizabeth Crock: In the Wake of the Tampa: Conflicting Visions of International Refugee Law in the Management of Refugee Flows. Pacific Rim Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 49–95, 2003. Peter Mares: Borderline: Australia's Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Wake of the Tampa. UNSW Press 2002, ISBN 0-86840-789-5.

External links NauruWire, an Australia based site Update on status of detainees. Accessed 25 June 2005.

Illustrations

MV Tampa illustration

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MV Tampa

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MV Tampa claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MV Tampa before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MV Tampa ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MV Tampa

In research
MV Tampa appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses MV Tampa in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
MV Tampa is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1983 ships, 2001 in Australia, Container ships, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for MV Tampa outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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How to study MV Tampa in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what MV Tampa means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain MV Tampa out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MV Tampa in simple terms?

MV Tampa was a roll-on/roll-off container ship completed in 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning. In 2001, the vessel was at the centre of the Tampa affair when its crew rescued 433 refugees in international waters, but the…

Why does MV Tampa matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MV Tampa?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MV Tampa.

Tags

  • 1983 ships
  • 2001 in Australia
  • Container ships
  • History of immigration to Australia
  • IMO numbers
  • International maritime incidents
  • Law of the sea
  • Maritime incidents in 2001
  • Ro-ro ships
  • Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

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