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Spirit of Tasmania to carry horses again after shock freeze threw freight industry into chaos

The Spirit of Tasmania will again carry livestock, the state government has announced, days after shock cancellations threw freight businesses into chaos.

On Friday, a number of transport companies were contacted and told their forward bookings had been cancelled, following Thursday's court decision in which ferry operator TT-Line was found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws after 16 polo ponies died during a voyage in 2018.

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