SeaNews Turkey - Last oil pumped from stricken Rena, box recovery expected to be lengthy

Home

FAQ

RSS

Links

Site Map

Contact

Saturday, 25.May.2013, 03:57 (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

Last oil pumped from stricken Rena, box recovery expected to be lengthy

The container retrieval vessel SeaTow 60 being positioned next to Rena. Photo: Maritime New Zealand

MOST oil has been removed from the stricken 3,300-TEU Rena, which had been grounded and spilling bunker off the coast of New Zealand's north island since October 5, and now efforts focus on removing 1,280 containers still onboard, reports Stuff, a Fairfax Media online publication.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce said removing the containers will take months. "The fragile state of the ship and precarious positioning of the containers aboard means this will be a long process," he said.

Athens-based Costamare, which owns the Panama-flagged MSC chartered Rena, has been told it must remove the vessel once work is complete. But fears remain that the vessel will split up, said Mr Joyce. There was a "strong possibility" that oil remained trapped aboard which could be released should the ship break up.

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ), the national coast guard agency, said the bulk of oil had been pumped from the vessel with less than 100 tonnes left.

"The sea water is pushing the oil up to the surface of the starboard tank. Now we have got to the last bits so they've got to allow that oil to rise to the top then they'll pump it off, then they'll have to wait a while until another bit rises to the top so they'll be slowly extracting that last bit. Effectively the bulk of it has been pumped," said MNZ.

More than 1,300 tonnes of oil from the ship which struck the Astrolabe Reef off the Tauranga coast. About 1,700 tonnes of bunker was on board. About 350 tonnes of oil spilled into the ocean.

Read: 4971 Times-

Rena, Last Oil, - 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:
	Five Chinese Sailors Missing in Boat Sinking off South Korean Waters (Saturday,12.11.2011)
	Turkish boxship "Cafer Dede" ran aground at Greek Island (Friday,11.11.2011)
	CMA CGM Jamaica collided in fog (Monday,07.11.2011)
	After weekend sea trials, geared barge to take cargo off stricken Rena (Monday,07.11.2011)
	Vessel stranded in Kiel due to serious engine trouble (Sunday,06.11.2011)
	Cargo ship with crew of 20 missing near Philippines, ship may have sunk (Sunday,06.11.2011)
	Turkish freighter "Zorbey" hit ocks in Antalya Bay, partially sunk (Sunday,06.11.2011)
	Few meters away from the grounding (Saturday,05.11.2011)
	1 Jordanian passenger dies in Egypt ferry fire (Friday,04.11.2011)
	Egyptian ferry "PELLA" with 1,230 passengers catches fire in Red Sea (Thursday,03.11.2011)