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glivs
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Initially Posted - 01/12/2012 :  20:20:17  Show Profile
Anyone following the [url="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/grounded-cargo-ship-cracks-open-raising-fear-of-new-zealand-oil-spill/article2295122/"]wreck of the Rena[/url] in New Zealand?
Gerry Livingston, Malletts Bay, VT
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 01/12/2012 :  20:27:51  Show Profile
Didn't know about it until now....

Wonder how many rogue containers that thing turned loose.....
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 01/12/2012 :  20:37:02  Show Profile
Yup--it's been making a mess of NZ beaches, likely with the worst to come. I saw a count of lost containers, which may have increased when the ship broke up. No excuse.
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 01/12/2012 :  20:44:58  Show Profile
Interesting to watch how the ship has broken apart structurally. Equally appears that an attempt was made but aborted to remove the containers --again interesting. And finally whoever was on the bridge apparently maid a huge error in piloting/navigation.
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islander
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Response Posted - 01/13/2012 :  07:19:38  Show Profile
This makes me wonder just how much human mistakes can the oceans absorb. Although this is just one ship it still one more nail in the coffin. Nobody knows the long term effects of the gulf mess will be or even this mess coming at us.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44946850/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/japan-tsunami-debris-spotted-course-hit-us/
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 01/13/2012 :  08:40:15  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
The pics I saw showed what appeared to be very definite corrosion issue at the break, severe enough to been seen clearly in the pictures. Bets are that someone is researching the recent pictures of the vessel to determine the seaworthy condition for insurance purposes.

Off topic, kinda, when we see the pics of vessels on the AIS sites, does anyone know how recent those pics are or if they are taken on entry/exit ports passage.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 01/13/2012 :  08:40:56  Show Profile
Don't worry about man's mistakes, nature does far more on purpose as you prove with the tsunami wreckage.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 01/13/2012 :  08:52:31  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by pastmember</i>
<br />...nature does far more on purpose as you prove with the tsunami wreckage.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...which, according to some study I saw, will be washing up on Hawaii and left coast beaches and terrorizing boaters in the next couple of years. (?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efslZuozU0s
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