MV Rena
- Andaman Sea
- ZIM America
IMO: 8806802
The Rena was a Panamax container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia. The ship was bereedert of the Greek company Costa Mare and was chartered for five years on the Mediterranean Shipping Company since June 2011.
Construction, commissioning and operation
The Rena was built as ZIM America under the hull number 247 on the German HDW - Werft AG in Kiel. The keel was laid on October 4, 1989, the completion on April 1, 1990.
The ship was powered by a low-speed eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine of the type Sulzer RTA76, which was built by the Polish manufacturer Cegielski under license. He looked directly to the fixed-pitch propeller and produced at a speed of 98/min 22,000 kW.
The ZIM America was provided as the type ship of the comprehensive seven ships ZIM- America - class service and placed in service under the flag of Israel for the Israeli company Zim Integrated Shipping Services. Later she went as Andaman Sea under the flag of Malta before it was used as a Liberian-flagged Rena.
Sinking off New Zealand
- 37.540277777778176.42916666667Koordinaten: 37 ° 32 ' 25 "S, 176 ° 25' 45" E
On October 5, 2011 At 2.20 clock local time, the Rena, which was located at 9.60 m depth on the way from Napier to Tauranga on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island ran on about 20 km off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty lying on Astrolabe Reef.
With the emergence of the Rena received a list of about twelve degrees; two cargo holds were flooded, the fuel tanks were initially undamaged. From broken pipes but oil came out. From the accident, among other things, the Bay of Plenty was threatened. In the days after the disaster, over 3000 liters of dispersant Corexit 9500A were sprayed on the oil slick, but the desired effect of dispersion is not entered in the heavy oil of the " Rena ". On 13 November 2011, the pumping of the oil was completed, however small residual amounts remained in the ship.
Until October 20, a total of 88 containers had fallen overboard. After several storms a deep rift moved through the wreckage. On 8 January 2012, the ship broke during a storm in two parts, with additional containers went overboard. Two days later, the abgedriftete rear up to the breaking point and the bridge was almost entirely below the water surface. On April 4, the rear part slipped in a storm with ten meters wave height on the reef and sank down completely.
In May 2012, the Filipino captain and the navigation officer, who were accused of negligent driving, pollution and judicial disability, were sentenced to seven months' imprisonment. The captain departed under pressure from the planned route and have made fatal mistake, it said in the notice.