Sydney-based operator Australian Container Freight Services has joined union groups to come to the aid of tsunami-ravaged Samoa. The company donated one of its trucks to cart a container of much-needed goods to the Pacific island, which was battered in September this year. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) raised the money to fill the 40-foot container with furniture, whitegoods, beds, lounges, books and a Holden utility. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) supplied the container, and the delivery from Canberra to Port Botany was taken care of by ACFS driver Scott Brooks. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) also organised the delivery. The tsunami was caused by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake and killed 170 people in Samoa and neighbouring islands.
