The accident happened outside the same port where MV Rena run aground
A 135-metre container ship, the Schelde Trader, was refloated Friday after running aground on rocks at the entrance to Tauranga harbour, on the east coast of the North Island, news reports said.
The accident happened outside the same port where the 47,000-ton Rena grounded on a reef nearly a month ago, spilling 350 tons of oil which polluted beaches and killed 1,335 seabirds.
Salvage workers are still trying to remove the rest of the Rena’s heavy fuel oil before the ship, which is cracked in the middle and listing 22 degrees, breaks up on the reef, 22 kilometres offshore.
The Schelde Trader was leaving the port when it lost power and grounded. It was refloated by tugs and anchored outside the harbour, news reports said. There was no sign of an oil spill.
Source: M&C
