November 23 (Science Daily) – An analysis in the SEI journal Climate and Development predicts severe negative impacts, including loss and alteration of habitats, smaller and less-diverse fish stocks, and coral bleaching, and urges prompt action to help the Caribbean fisheries prepare. The review, “The implications of global climate change for fisheries management in the […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, November 13 (AP) – Salvage crews have successfully removed all the remaining oil from a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef, avoiding a worse environmental disaster. The vessel Rena grounded on the Astrolabe reef near Tauranga on Oct. 5 and authorities feared the worst as about 385 tons […]
By Arlene Paredes10 November 2011 Locating devices called “pingers” have been fastened to cargoes aboard the ill-fated MV Rena as the salvage team moves to finish pumping oil off the grounded cargo vessel. It has been more than a month since the Rena accidentally hit a reef and got wedged in, crippling the vessel, and […]
Athens, Georgia, October 26 (SPX) – Increasing acidification in coastal waters could compromise the ability of oysters and other marine creatures to form and keep their shells, according to a new study led by University of Georgia researchers. Their findings will be published in the November 2011 issue of Nature Geoscience. The researchers determined the […]
November 07 (AAP) – New Zealand salvage experts are pumping seawater into the Rena’s hard-to-reach tank in a difficult and dangerous technique to finally rid the stricken ship of oil. The estimated 358 tonnes of heavy fuel oil remaining in the ship’s submerged starboard tank will be pumped out through three tonnes of hoses laid […]
By Anne Witter2 November 2011 MV Rena remains intact despite water swelling in the Bay of Plenty where it is still wedged in on Astrolabe Reef as bad weather persisted in the area, bringing swells of up to 5m. Officials have feared that the recent bout of bad weather could finally break Rena in half, and […]
October 26 (Big Pond) – New Zealand salvage crews have passed the halfway mark in pumping oil from the stranded and broken ship Rena, but are warning they still face a Herculean task to get the rest out. There was around 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on Rena when it grounded on the Astrolabe […]
October 20 (NZN) – With a new booster pump in place, salvage experts will remain on board the stricken vessel Rena overnight to keep extracting oil from the ship. The operation hit a hiccup earlier on Thursday when the original booster pump’s circuits blew. Salvage unit manager Bruce Anderson says the setback didn’t stop the […]
October 19 (Sky News) – More oil has leaked from the stricken container ship the Rena after the boat was battered by poor weather off the New Zealand north coast. Maritime New Zealand says a small amount of oil was released from the bow of the vessel on Tuesday morning, and a light sheen of […]
By Derek Cheng, James Ihaka, Jamie Morton, and Paul Harper 18 October 2011 Salvage workers are bracing for the death of the “creaking, groaning” MV Rena, now sitting precariously on Astrolabe Reef and expected to flood more oil into the sea. The same pancake-sized blobs of oil that have blotted the Western Bay of Plenty […]
