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Thread #140827 Message #3239723
Posted By: Gurney
16-Oct-11 - 02:53 AM
Thread Name: NZ needs a break-Rena shipwreck-NZ Oil pollution
Subject: RE: NZ needs a break-Rena shipwreck-NZ Oil pollution
The salvors are ready to start pumping oil from the tank they can reach. Another tank is submerged. 350 tonnes have leaked. The ship is well onto the reef by the bows, but the reef is steep and the stern is in deep water. The crack on the port side is a metre wide, and you can see that the ship is twisted. The weather is ideal.
Help has come once again from our friends. Bird specialists are on the job, having come from Australia and the U.S.A., and maybe elsewhere, I missed some of the bulletin.
The Aussies say that although they are happy to help with our birds, they are still going to root for Oz in the semi-final.