Stranded Container Ship Expected to Break Apart

rookietrucker · Oct 28, 2011

Stranded Container Ship Expected to Break Apart

Chartered MSC vessel foundered on a reef in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty

A chartered Mediterranean Shipping Co. container ship that foundered on a reef in New Zealands Bay of Plenty is expected to break apart in next few days, The Rena, which struck the Astrolabe reef off the Port of Tauranga at full speed on Oct. 5, has already lost 88 containers overboard and is leaking oil and other waste that is washing up on beaches.

The vessel, which MSC recently chartered from Costamare Shipping, has lost 50 metric tons of solid waste and 5 metric tons of liquid waste that has been cleaned off the beaches in the bay. Costamare Managing Director Diamantis Manos issued a video on Wednesday in which he apologized and vowed to cooperate with the investigation. MSC said in a statement on its Web site that it is neither the owner of the Rena nor responsible for its management or the crew on board.
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rookietrucker · Oct 28, 2011

Salvage Workers Cant Stop Rena Oil Leaks

The ship, chartered by MSC, has already spilled hundreds of metric tons of oil

Salvage crews battling to contain the environmental damage from the stranded ship Rena leaking oil off New Zealand were unable to resume pumping out fuel Thursday. The Rena, which Mediterranean Shipping Co. chartered from Costamare, has already spilled hundreds of metric tons of oil. Workers are trying to drain the fuel before waves break up the vessel, which began to break crack apart after it became stranded on the Astrolabe Reef, some 14 miles off the coast of the Port of Tauranga on Oct. 5.

Salvage workers hope to cut a hole in the hull of the stricken ship to allow them to transfer oil to a barge. A salvage team spent about five hours on Thursday aboard the Rena, which is listing 20 degrees, assessing damage and working out how best to remove some of the 1,300 metric tons of heavy fuel oil still on board. The calmest weather in days allowed the crews to get back aboard the ship, but the complexity of their task dashed earlier hopes they might resume pumping, according to Maritime New Zealand, the manager of the salvage operation. Bruce Anderson, MNZ salvage manager, said salvors believe that working on the ship is too dangerous.

Crews began attaching four platforms to the port side of the vessel Thursday to form a flat surface for pumping out the port tanks.
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Biscuit75 · Oct 28, 2011

What is WalMart going to do? They probably have product in every one of those containers.

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