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The Rena sitting in calm conditions while oil is
transferred to the Go Canopus and the Awanuia. 11 November
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MEDIA UPDATE : 7.10am 12 November 2011
- A salvage team of
three remained on board overnight and maintained continuous pumping of oil
from the starboard number 5 fuel oil tank to the Awanuia.
- The salvors advise
they have maintained a flow rate of around 4 tonnes an hour. We will aim
to provide an updated figure of the total amount pumped this afternoon.
- Weather conditions
remain good for salvage operations.
- Shoreline clean-up
teams will today be working on Matakana and
The next media update will be at
11am.
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The Go Canopus and the Awanuia receive oil from the
Rena. 11 November
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Rena update 89 : 11 November 2011:
7.00pm
Good progress continues to be made in removing the
last of the oil from the submerged number 5 starboard fuel oil tank on the
grounded container ship Rena, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says.
MNZ Salvage Unit Manager Arthur Jobard said salvors
had maintained continuous pumping of heavy fuel oil from Rena to the tanker
Awanuia today.
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This graphic simulates the flooding of sea water
inside Rena's hull. 9 November
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At 6am this morning, around 116 tonnes of oil had
been removed from the 358 tonnes in the starboard tank and the flow rate has
held steady all day at about 4 tonnes per hour.
"We have now removed around a third of the
heavy fuel oil from this tank. We are making good progress thanks to an extra
pump on the line," said Mr Jobard.
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This graphic shows inside Rena. The No.5 HFO
starboard tank is shown with the bottom half full of the water that was pumped
in to raise the oil to the top of the tank for hot tapping. 9 November
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The team was using a ‘hot tapping’ technique, which
is a method of extracting oil from the submerged tank without allowing the oil
in the tank to leak out.
"The team has also been removing the last
remnants of lubricating oil, along with emptying the storage tanks. Tomorrow
the team hopes to start sucking out the final bits of heavy fuel oil from the
bottom of number 5 port fuel oil tank," he said.
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This graphic focuses on a section of the Rena where
pressure has caused light indentations between frames (like ribs) 74 and 83 and
more severe damage underneath. 9 November
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The weather forecast for the next few days was good
for salvage operations, with only minimal swells and light winds. The clear
weather was forecast to remain until Wednesday.
Assistant National On-Scene Commander Scott Read
said beach clean-up events will continue at the weekend. On Saturday clean-up
crews will be at Papamoa, Matakana Island and Maketu and on Sunday at Matakana Island
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This graphic shows the stern of the Rena and the
area of buckling. 9 November
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A total of 904 tonnes of oily waste has so far been
collected by the clean-up crews.
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A view of the Rena and other salvage vessels seen
from an early morning observation flight. 9 November
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Source: Maritime New
Zealand
http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/news/media-releases-2011/20111111b.asp
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