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Shipping News and information / Containership "Rena" aground on reef near Port of Tauranga

« on: October 05, 2011, 04:47:42 AM »

"Maritime New Zealand says hydraulic oil has spilt from a large cargo ship which has struck a reef near the Tauranga Harbour this morning, however the vessel's fuel tanks are still intact.

The 236m cargo vessel Rena, which carries a Liberian flag, struck the Astrolabe Reef, north of Motiti Island, around 2.20am.

There are no reported injuries to the 25 crew on board.

Authorities this morning flew a helicopter over the site to see if the anything had leaked from the vessel.

A "light oil sheen" found on the surface has been identified as hydraulic oil, Maritime New Zealand says.

The vessel, which left Napier bound for Tauranga Port, is reportedly on a 10 degree list, but is stable on the reef.

Two of its cargo holds are flooded, and pumps are being used to extract the water."

- article from NZ Herald newspaper.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10756647


I think this ship is on a MSC service between Australia, New Zealand and Panama.
"Rena" IMO 8806802, built in 1990.
This was the lead item in the TV 3 News this evening. Everyone is worried about a potential fuel spill.


regards,
Nigel

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Shipping News and information / Scuttling of ex HMAS Adelaide scheduled for April 13th

« on: April 04, 2011, 02:41:50 AM »

The Ex-HMAS Adelaide Artificial Reef Project is a government initiative to create a new dive site on the NSW Central Coast. The decommissioned Australian Navy escort frigate will be towed from Sydney to a position off Avoca Beach, where it will be scuttled, subject to weather conditions. Strict boating safety controls will apply on the April 13 tow from Glebe Island # 2 berth through Sydney Heads and north to Avoca Beach. The tow distance is about 31 nautical miles and is expected to take about 8 hours.
Heres to some good luck for sunshine for NSW shipspotters to get good pix of the tow and sinking.

See the website below for details and a map of the scuttling zone off Avoca Beach and the exclusion zone while this is being done.

http://maritime.nsw.gov.au/wh/adelaide.html