SeaNews Turkey - Contrary to eco-scare, stricken box ship RENA won't break up!

Home

FAQ

RSS

Links

Site Map

Contact

Friday, 24.May.2013, 04:10 (GMT+3)

Keyword:

[Advance Search]

All News

COLUMNISTS

»	CAHIT ISTIKBAL

»	NILUFER ORAL

»	STEVE PELECANOS

»	SULEYMAN SAVAS

WORLD SHIPPING

SHIPPING NEWS

»	TURKISH STRAITS

»	HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS

»	CRUISE NEWS

»	PILOTAGE&TOWAGE

»	SAFETY&SECURITY

»	Environmental

»	Towage & Salvage

»	Anatolian Agency

»	Hurriyet Daily News

»	HDAILYNEWS

LLOYD'S LIST

INSIGHT/OPINION

SHIPBROKER REPORTS

Poll

What you expect from freight market in 2013?

	Better than 2012.
	Worse than 2012.
	Continue recovering.
	Steady up.
	Rapid rise.
	None

ACCIDENTS

Contrary to eco-scare, stricken box ship RENA won't break up!

SALVAGE experts have advised that while the 3,300-TEU Rena is cracked port and starboard, the ship remains in one piece and is not likely to break apart as alarmist environmentalists predict, says the state coast guard authority Maritime New Zealand.

Maritime New Zealand, the national coast guard agency, has also confirmed there has been no fresh pollution from the ship that has leaked bunker from its ruptured fuel tanks, reported London's Lloyd's List.

The agency's salvage manager Andrew Berry said a booster pump is now in place on the ship 14 miles off Tauranga, which is hoped to begin operation soon, reports Wellington-based only news portal Voxy.

"All is going well. We will be continuing to pump oil. However, the operation is still very much dependent upon weather, equipment, vessel stability and other considerations. It will be a long, slow and steady process," Mr Berry said.

Meanwhile, Bay of Plenty businesses have been outstanding in their support of the thousands of people working on the Rena response, with generous offers of assistance continuing to flood in.

The Panama flagged, Filipino-crewed, Greek-owned and Swiss-chartered ship ran onto a reef 14 miles out of Tauranga, north island, splitting open and leaking bunker fuel oil onto the beaches and tipping containers into the sea as it developed a 22-degree list to port.

The captain and first mate have been charged with negligence. The ship, owned by Athens-based Costamare, was chartered to Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and was part of its cross-Tasman Sea service between Australia and New Zealand.

Lloyd's List also reported that the New Zealand's MSC general manager Phil Abraham has met with Transport Minister Steven Joyce and said it will contribute to the cost of the clean-up, even though legal responsibility lies with the owner Costamare and their insurers.

Outlay so far has been around NZ$3.5 million (US $2.8 million), although this figure is expected to rise considerably.

Said Mr Joyce: "My understanding is [MSC] will make some financial contribution, and the amount is for them to assess obviously in terms of their reputation in this country and the way New Zealanders feel about what has happened."

Meanwhile, six Filipino seamen are being questioned at an undisclosed location, on account of fears for their safety. The captain and first mate are due to appear in court on charges of negligence, which carries a penalty of up to one year in prison.

Speaking for the flag state, Scott Bergeron, CEO the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, said: "Our sympathies are very much with the people of New Zealand. The registry will refrain to apportion blame, or to attribute causation, until a full and proper inquiry has been carried out."

Read: 4945 Times-

RENA, Break up, possibility, not likely, - Follow @SeaNews_Tr

Rating (Votes: 0)

Add your comment(Existing: 0)

Tell friend

COMMENTS ( 0 Existing)

Related Articles:

» Inquiry into a grounding: Engine issues ground Hanjin Bombay

» Turkish Bulk carrier Yasa H. Mulla under repairs after accident in Port Said

» Police interrogate the crew and the pilots of grounded 'Norfolk Express'

» Salvors Refloat MV DANIO from Farne Islands (UK)

» M/V JAGO Hard aground, Susanne A to refloat grounded vessel

» "Danio" Hard Aground at Farne Islands

» Norway: Ferry "Nordfjord" hard aground in dense fog

» Cargo ship aground at Eregli, Turkey

» Grounding of Marco Polo is a mystery

» Cruise ship Marco Polo aground at Sortland, Norway

» High speed ferry Federica M went on rocks: Italy

» Six ships washed ashore by strong winds at Colon, Panama

» 16 metres high sea water at "Emma Maersk"s engine room

» Russian master of Fortuna fined

» Update on Emma Maersk Incident (Egypt)

» Emma Maersk out of action for 3 months, boxes undamaged by flooding

» Emma Maersk disabled by engine room flood, towed from Suez Canal

» Grounded USS Guardian to Be Broken Up (Philippines)

» 'Auguste Schulte' allowed to leave Male after giving bank guarantee for fine

» Turkish coaster Nikolay L aground on river Don, water ingress

» USS Guardian Still Sits on Tubbataha Reef, Philippines

» Chief Officer fined for grounding ship

» 30 days for shipowner to remove beached vessel

» Ship with Turkish crew aground off Alverio, Portugal

» USS Guardian Aground: Crew Leaves Navy Ship Stuck In Philippines

» Bulkcarrier "Greta Selmer" ran aground on St. Lawrence River

» USS Guardian Runs Aground in Sulu Sea

» Container Ship "Auguste Schulte" run aground at Maldives

» Shell drill rig finally grounds off Kodiak Island after towline failuresy

» Tanker pulled off Chennai beach

» TNPCB wants Pratibha taken mid-sea

» Abandoned oil tanker becomes Chennai's newest tourist attraction

» Pratibha Cauvery captain’s role questioned after death of 6 sailors

» Tanker alleged to have been not seaworthy when grounding

» Search operations intensified to trace five missing crew

» BSLE Sunrise refloated and pulled to port

» One dead, 6 missing and 9 rescued from grounded tanker Pratibha Cauvery

» Tanker Run Aground by Superstorm Sandy

» Daina Shipping fined with another 300000 Dollar

» Grounding of CELIA: Negligence investigated

» Wilson Newport Refloated and anchored for investigation, Greece

» Celia refloated and taken to Valencia

» Norway freighter Wilson Newport hard aground, Aegean sea

» Several tugs working on grounded ships

» General cargo vessel Volgo-Balt 206 ran aground, river Don

» Heavy seas slow efforts to re-float Maersk box ship Celia

» MNZ Response to Rena Grounding: an Independent Review

» Freighters Celia and BSLE Sunrise beached by storm off Valencia

» Canada: Removal of Grounded Bulk Carrier MV Miner Starts

» Salvage Experts Refloat Grounded'Queen of the Lakes' in St. Marys River

Other Articles:
	m/t Grigoriy Bugrov disaster – tanker collided with submerged object belonging to Navy (Sunday,16.10.2011)
	Machinery stands by to pump oil from stricken Rena off New Zealand (Sunday,16.10.2011)
	'Deliberate' course sent Rena to reef (Saturday,15.10.2011)
	Tanker Grigoriy Bugrov with 6000 mt of oil sank in Caspian sea (Friday,14.10.2011)
	Rena's oil hits NZ beaches, ship's break-up averted as seas calm (Friday,14.10.2011)
	Filipino master of Liberian-Costamare-MSC ship faces NZ negligence charges (Wednesday,12.10.2011)
	Rena oil spill: ship's captain arrested (Tuesday,11.10.2011)
	Fuel oil from grounded Rena washes ashore, sparking high-level eco-anger (Tuesday,11.10.2011)
	Removing stranded vessel could cost $24 million - Tug Hellas arrested (Monday,10.10.2011)
	Oil stopped flowing from Rena, some crew removed (Saturday,08.10.2011)