A dive survey to conduct an external visual assessment of the Rena’s sunken stern section and its cargo has now been completed. Early indications from the surveys suggest that of the 36 remaining containers in the stern section carrying known contaminants, many have broken up and their contents have escaped since the vessel broke in [...]
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Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day, the Maritime New Zealand announces. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction and the divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just to get into a position to cut steel. This [...]
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An independent review of the response by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) to the grounding of the Rena on Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga on 5 October 2011 will be conducted by former Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Murdoch. The review will examine the MNZ response to the Rena incident and establish [...]
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Steel removal operation from the Rena wreck is entering the next stage, namely underwater steel cutting. As confirmed by the Salvage Master for Resolve Salvage and Fire, Francis Leckey: ” the positive helicopter progress now allows Resolve to focus on getting divers into the water to begin the next phase of this demanding and, at [...]
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Maritime New Zealand announces that the good progress was made on Rena this week, despite salvage operations being suspended for two days due to high winds and swells. The project remains on schedule. The total combined weight of steel removed is now approximately 430 tonnes, which is more than 20 per cent of the total [...]
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Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) announces that it is continuing the Rena wreck removal work in a co-operation with the US Salvors Resolve. The marine operations are being conducted after the extended period of bad weather, and according to Braemar Howells Operations Manager Neil Lloyd, Unimar teams were yesterday able to resume pre-rigging containers on the [...]
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Divers today continued a full assessment of the state of the wreck of the Rena – its stability on the reef and general condition – as the first stage of working out what to do next. “It’s extremely challenging and dangerous work,” National On Scene Commander Rob Service said, “because of the surges of water [...]
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Swells around the Astrolabe Reef are continuing to prevent salvors from diving on the wreck to assess the damage caused through Rena’s break-up and partial sinking of the stern, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager David Billington said the current swell was around 2m, with a maximum wave height of 4m. The [...]
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Sharks have attacked sonar equipment being used to track down containers lost overboard from the Rena cargo ship and an expert believes… (msn) Source: msn , December 19, 2011; Image: Maritime New Zealand
Container recovery operations in the Rena were hampered again with windy conditions persisting in the Bay of Plenty… (tvnz) Source : tvnz, November 25 , 2011; Image: MNZ
