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AT THE SEA’S MERCY47,000 TONNAGE OF THE

CARGO SHIP RENA

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

11 CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 70 HAVE FALLEN

OVERBOARD1389 CONTAINERSON BOARD

PICTURES: ALAN GIBSON, AP / HERALD GRAPHIC

WILDLIFEConservationists warn of impending tragedy, with penguins, seals, whales and seabirds set to be hardest hit.Most vulnerable of about 85 seabird breeding species include little blue penguin and endangered New Zealand dotterel, of which only 1200 survive.

Little bluepenguin

NZ dotterelchick

Papamoabeach

Maketu

Tauranga

MotitiIslandB A Y O F

P L E N T Y

4km

Oil expected toreach Taurangaport and beachessouth to Maketu

Oct 5: MVRena, headedfor Tauranga,runs agroundon AstrolabeReef

Papamoabeach

Maketu

Tauranga

4km

Bay of Plenty

Mt Maunganui MotitiIsland

Rena*Ship not to scale

Fuel oil surges on toMt Maunganui’s mainbeach and other coastal areas south to Maketu

October 5MV Rena, headed for Tauranga,runs aground on Astrolabe Reef

A S T R O L A B E R E E F56m

200DEADBIRDS 26 RESCUED

OR CLEANED21 BLUE PENGUINS3 DIVING PETRELS

2 SHAGS+2 FUR SEALS

FUEL TANKSDAMAGED

#3 STARBOARD TANK breached on initial collision with reef. It is in an area of the ship in contact with the reef.

Fuel oil thought to have leaked into duct keel and out to the ocean.

Movement on Tuesday led to a greater release of oil from the damaged tank.

#3 PORTSIDE TANK has been emptied.

Salvage crews fear that a breakup and sinking of any part of the ship will lead to other fuel leaks.

comprising:

Damage to hull where vessel is in contact with reef

Significantdamage tonose nearrocks

WEATHER FOR TODAYWIND SPEED: 15-20km/h (down from 60km/h)WAVES: Down to 2m (calm by Friday)RAIN: Lessening over next 2 days

LIBERIAN-FLAGGEDCONTAINER SHIP

MV RENA

Large cracks running down the sides.Duct keel damage

SPILL POTENTIAL

1700 TONNES or1,785,000 LITRESof fuel oil carried on board,equivalent to more than 50 large road tankers.

Officials estimate at least

equivalent to 12 large tankers, have leaked into the ocean.

380 TONNESor about

400,000LITRES,

NZ Herald graphic, published October 13, 2011