Video Report – New Zealand Oil slick- worst environmental disaster

Rena oil spill could be the worst ever environmental nightmare for New Zealand

Cracks appear in ship stranded off New Zealand

From: Euronews | Oct 12, 2011 | 104 views

http://www.euronews.net/ A stricken container ship stranded off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island is at risk of breaking up after cracks appeared in its hull.

The Liberian-flagged Rena ran aground 12 nautical miles from the popular holiday resort of Taraunga a week ago.

The ship’s captain, a Philippine national, has been charged with “operating a vessel in a manner causing unnecessary danger or risk.”

Rough seas and poor weather have prevented salvage crews from boarding the Rena to pump her remaining oil out.

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ASR Ltd provides this simulation showing the projected path of the oil spill from the container ship Rena and where it is expected to strand.

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The rena ran aground at the astrolabe reef near tauranga (New Zealand)
only footage from inside the exclusion zone

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Raw video Aeriel of the stranded container ship Rena – New Zealand fears oil spill disaster

by AlJazeeraEnglish New Zealand is facing its worst environmental disaster in decades after a container ship stranded off the North Island started leaking oil off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region.

The government has been trying to disperse the spill by spraying chemicals on it while other crews raced to remove the remaining oil from the vessel.

However, many people are angry at the authorities’ slow response. Some believe that the this crisis could have been prevented.

Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal reports.