Captain and navigation officer of oil spill ship Rena jailed in New Zealand
Posted by: nazish7
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 14:53:45 -0700 | green-news
Nearly nine months after a 37 210-ton container ship ran onto a New Zealand reef, spilling tons of oil and cargo in the country's worst environmental disaster,the skipper and navigation officer of the cargo ship Rena have been jailed for...
15-month old toddler safe after a 5-meter fall from the balcony
Posted by: prabirghose
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 23:03:38 -0700 | humanitarian-news
This was yet another case of an act of Divine intervention that helped prevent a near fatal tragedy and proved that God is great, He is always at hand to help out. The 15-month old toddler had, reportedly, been playing...
The 12m, Single Mast Charter Yacht “Honfleur” Is Found Abandoned
Posted by: Larry-Crehore
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 04:58:46 -0700 | odd-news
It is believed that the “Honfleur” left Russell in the Bay of Islands last Wednesday, skippered by a local man with four Russians on board. The yacht was found abandoned with the motor running 11 miles east of Mayor Island...
Container Vessel Rena May Be Beginning To Buckle
Posted by: Larry-Crehore
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-28 01:46:51 -0700 | disasters-news
Movement in the bow of the Rena was enough to cause the salvors to fear the hull may be buckling. Matt Watson spokesman for Svitzer said increasing movement may not necessarily mean the Rena should be expected to give way...
Heard of a Black Marlin weighing 375-Kg?
Posted by: prabirghose
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 23:06:22 -0700 | odd-news
The prize catch of New Zealand so far appears to be a Black Marlin fish that weighs 375-Kg … it has been caught on 7th of January 2012 by Beni Hafokla of the Tauranga Game and Fishing Club of Papamoa....
Cargo ship Rena breaks up – fears of oil spill contamination
Posted by: prabirghose
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 23:22:18 -0700 | disasters-news
After a long wait of will-she, won’t-she, the cargo ship Rena has finally broken up in two spilling its cargo into the Ocean off the coast of New Zealand and raising fears of contamination due to oil spill. The two...
First containers removed from Rena
Posted by: nazish7
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 17:55:26 -0700 | green-news
Good news from the Rena, with confirmation the first of the more then 1200 containers was removed off the deck of the stricken cargo ship Rena, six weeks after it ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of...
Oil spills cause the most serious environmental disasters New Zealand
Posted by: levsang
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-04-06 15:22:32 -0700 | technology-news
New Zealand officials announced a big oil leak from tanker stranded on the reef in the sea and this was rated the most severe disaster on the marine environment in the country.Rena, named oil tanker owned by the company Costamare...
Weather sabotages Rena salvage mission
Posted by: nazish7
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 23:37:19 -0700 | green-news
It was another day of disappointment for Rena salvors as bad weather sabotaged any attempts to pumping the oil off the ship. Drew Shannon of Svitzer Salvage said the four salvors onboard today would come off the ship tonight, when...
New. Zealand: ship aground, human error?
Posted by: rabia AFZAL
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-04-16 12:36:19 -0700 | disasters-news
Could have been a failure of the commander of the sinking of the source container, which caused the worst environmental disaster in New Zealand, pouring hundreds of tons of oil at sea. He suggested the New Zealand government. It seems...
Rena: Too unstable to pump oil
Posted by: nazish7
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 18:07:56 -0700 | green-news
The stranded ship Rena remains unstable and salvage crews will hold off pumping more than 1300 tonnes of heavy fuel oil off the vessel tonight. They (salvage crews) don't want to be inside the vessel, they're working on it on...
Race to avert Rena oilspill disaster stalls
Posted by: saramkhan
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-04-08 16:48:47 -0700 | disasters-news
Soldiers continue the clean-up at Astrolabe Reef, off the coast of Tauranga on New Zealand's North Island. Picture: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images SALVAGE crews battling to limit the environmental damage from a cargo ship leaking oil off New Zealand were...
New Zealand resumed the extraction of oil from Rena
Posted by: rsa76
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-04-08 16:48:47 -0700 | disasters-news
Time plays against. New Zealand authorities have ordered the resumption of oil drilling operations in the Rena. The Liberian-flagged freighter that sank off Wednesday the coastal city of Tauranga remains stuck in the Astrolabe Reef with a crack that threatens...
Liberian-flagged Ship Rena Causes Severe Damage to New Zealand Sea; Filipino Captain Charged (...
Posted by: jinkinpark
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-07-27 05:59:25 -0700 | disasters-news
Last Wednesday, Liberian-flagged ship Rena hit the Astrolabe Reef which is about 232 kilometers off the North Island Coast of New Zealand. Because of that, the hull was breached and about 300 tons of heavy fuel has been leaking into...
Captain of sunken ship charged and detained
Posted by: junaid1990
Tauranga :: New Zealand | updated 2012-03-03 13:39:13 -0800 | disasters-news
The captain of the "Reindeer" stranded oil tanker is leaking oil off the coast of New Zealand, was arrested after the charge of operating the vessel in a reckless and unnecessary risk. The spill caused by the ship that ran...
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