Salvage operations onboard the stranded container ship Rena are concentrating on preparing the ship for the storm expected to last the next couple of days.
The containers onboard have been lashed down ahead of high seas expected to be whipped up by gale forces onshore winds which are expected to arrive later today.
The New Zealand MetService has a gale warning in force for the Bay of Plenty and is forecasting a northeasterly rising to 25 knots this morning and to 35 knots this afternoon, with sea becoming very rough.
Bad weather has halted efforts to pump 1700 tonnes of oil from a stricken container ship off the Tauranga coastline.
Crews aboard the barge 'Awanui' have pumped 10 tonnes of oil from the Rena, which is stranded on the Astrolabe Reef, since 8:30pm last night.
They were called off this morning due to safety concerns amid "changing weather conditions" at the reef.
NZ Herald and Sun Live
1 comment:
Sounds ominous - oood luck, NZ!
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