Nowhere near us Chris. It's more likely to be blown up towards you.
They're just saying the ship is owned by a Greek company. Do they expect to get any money out of the Greeks?
A few days before, it was sailing close to us, out from Napier and apparently it very nearly collided with another ship!
The crew is from the Philippines and the Captain was having a birthday the day it struck the reef. Happy Birthday! He's been charged already.
The weather has been terrible and the ship has just about split across the middle. The containers are falling off and floating to shore.
The area relies on tourism, including fishing and lovely beaches in summer - it should have been getting into gear shortly. But not now. You can't eat any fish or shellfish taken from there and swimmers won't want to get in the water. The charter owners are going to be out of business. Many of them operate from near the Astrolabe reef but the fish won't be there now.
And then there's the bird life.....
Yuck!
Robyn