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"Acute Rena Failure" - Cargo Law
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http://www.cargolaw.com/2011nightmare_mv_rena.html
accessed 5 Dec 2011 (this is a sample of the document, not the full content)
International Trade & Safety Consultants
"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
"Acute Rena Failure"
The Grounding of M/V Rena
Feature Date: Oct. 5 2011 In Singles Only
Event Date: Oct. 5 2011
M/V Rena
IMO Number: 8806802
Countryman & McDaniel
The Air & Ocean Logistics- Customs Broker & Hull Attorneys
International Trade Consultants
"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
On The Scene -- At Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
A 2011 Countryman & McDaniel
Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender
Feature Updates: (click for the selected date)
November 2 2011 - The Incident - Cracked Hull & Ecological Damage
November 5 2011 - One Month Summary - Vessel Stabilization & Fuel Removal
November 15 2011 - Removing The Cargo Containers - Saving A Doomed Vessel?
November 16 2011 - The First Container Is Removed - Successfully
November 21 2011 - Meet Sea-Tow 60 And 49 Containers Removed Thus Far
November 22 2011 - Svitzer Salvage Engineers And The Danger Dance
November 23 2011 - Stern Containers Are Cleared -- Amazing Salvage Feat
December 3 2011 -- Bad Weather Slows The Pace
Maritime New Zealand
Blaine Prentiss -- Asst. Editor, The Cargo Letter
Our Important Contributors For This Feature:
Simon Dutto Ashley Black – UK William Cooke – Hawaii Todd Drake
Ben Gundry Keith Hadland David Kempster - Australia
Stuart Midgley - Duck Brothers Transport Pty Ltd, , Australia
John Nichols - Scottsdale, AZ Jude Ravo Reuben Jay Scott
A Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender
The Date: Oct. 5 2011
The Time: 02:20 Local
The Place: Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
"Acute Rena Failure"
M/V Rena
IMO Number: 8806802
On The Scene At Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
October 5 2011
M/V Rena, EX-M/V Zim America, Ex-M/V Andaman Sea
Voyage Related Info (Last Received)
Andaman Sea (Until 2010 Nov 24)
Zim America (Until 2007 Mar 12)
Andaman Sea (Until 2007 Jan 29) - Operator: ZIM
Flag: Malta
IMO Number: 8806802
MMSI: 636014911
Callsign: A8XJ7
Current flag: Liberia
Home port: Monrovia
Class society: American Bureau Of Shipping
Builder: Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft Kiel, Germany
Current owner: Ofer Brothers Group Herzliyya, Israel
Owner under name Andaman Sea: ZIM Integrated Shipping
Manager: Ciel Ship management Athens, Greece
Chartered to: Costamare Inc.
Draught: 9.6 m
Destination: Tauranga, New Zealand
ETA: 2011-10-05 13:00
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 17.7 / 17 knots
Speed marching: 21 kn
Main engine: 8RTA76
1240 KW, 8 cylidners, Cegielski Poznan - Poland
Build year: 1990
Vessell type: Container Ship
Hull: Double, Dry Cargo
Maximum TEU capacity: 3351
Gross tonnage: 37,209 tons
Summer Dead Weight: 47,230 tons
Handling equipment: (swl 6,1 tons)
LOA (Length Overall): 235 m
Beam: 32 m
The Prolog To Disaster -- An Acute Loss
PROLOG TO DISASTER
MV Rena is a 3,351 TEU container ship owned by the Greek shipping company Costamare Inc. through one of its subsidiaries, Daina Shipping Co. The ship was built in 1990 as M/V ZIM America for the Israeli shipping company Zim by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG in Kiel, Germany. She was renamed M/V Andaman Sea in 2007 and has sailed under her current name and owner since 2010.
It was just after 2 PM in calm seas, on a routine voyage when the aging MV Rena would gain infamy by grounding on the well known Astrolabe Reef.
The story of M/V Rena was and will have a great economic & ecolocilcal impact on this area of Maritime New Zealand, but our coverage suffered an unfortunate break as we departed to attend the FIATA World Congress at Cairo, Egypt from Oct. 15 through Oct. 28. We expected to resume this story, with a full feature, in a about two weeks. If history held true to form. It did.
M/V Rena has remained breaking news. With M/V Rena hard aground and her holds flooded -- the big question remains whether this troubled vessel can be saved? Ay least, yhe loss of M/V Rena Is Acute.
While our feature will demonstrate the current crisis for M/V Rena, during our trip to Cairo the greater danger has presented itself in terms of ecological disaster. As for the vessel, M/V Rena appears doomed.
We plan to follow .this debacle from today forward.
All Photo Are Courtesy of Maritime New Zealand.
This feature deals with two concepts:"Acute Rena Failure" ........ and ....... of course ....... as always ....... "Ship Happens! ©"
Michael S. McDaniel - Your Editor
October 5 2011 -- The Incident
From The Cargo Letter - Oct. 5 2011 - stranded at Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
47,230-dwt Liberian-flagged boxship M/V Rena (IMO: 8806802, built 1990, 3029 TEU) carrying 25 crew struck the Astrolabe Reef and grounded on Oct 5. Several breaches have been identified in the hull but no breaches in the fuel tanks. A light sheen of oil was detected in the surrounding water which is able to be dispersed easily. No injuries. [From our Sr. Correspondent Tim Schwabedissen, 5-10-11]
Astrolabe Reef - an ironic place to ground a vessel
An astrolabe is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa, surveying, triangulation, and to cast horoscopes. It was used in classical antiquity, through the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and Renaissance for all these purposes. In the Islamic world, it was also used to calculate the Qibla and to find the times for Salah, prayers.
There is often confusion between the astrolabe and the mariner's astrolabe. While the astrolabe could be useful for determining latitude on land, it was an awkward instrument for use on the heaving deck of a ship or in wind. The mariner's astrolabe was developed to address these issues.
Under the present circumstances of M/V Rena, Astrolabe Reef is an ironic grounding location. M/V Rena might have been better off using an astrolabe for navigation, but now there is ample opportunity for M/V Rena to use the inclinometer feature for calculating her list.
THE IRONY MOST CRUEL
But the irony most cruel is having US$800,000 of sauvignon blanc stuck on the Astrolabe Reef -- a fact not lost on the Marlborough area winery that shares the same name. Blenheim wine company Astrolabe Ltd. has a shipment of 4,000 cases on the 236-meter M/V Rena. The wine was destined for the Irish Christmas market. Indeed, officials have doubled crews for the salvage effort upon learning of this peril for the sauvignon blanc. There is great sadness in Dublin, where a vigil in underway.
We hope Astrolabe Ltd had quality marine cargo insurance -- because a significant part of the cargo value -- if not most of it -- will be spent in General Average to save M/V Rena. Cargo insurance pays for General Average claims, to the insured amount.
Perhaps Astrolabe LTD should have used it's own astrolabe in planning this shipment.
Astrolabe Reef Peaks From The Sea -- Tip of The Berg
http://www.cargolaw.com/2011nightmare_mv_rena.html
accessed 5 Dec 2011 (this is a sample of the document, not the full content)
International Trade & Safety Consultants
"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
"Acute Rena Failure"
The Grounding of M/V Rena
Feature Date: Oct. 5 2011 In Singles Only
Event Date: Oct. 5 2011
M/V Rena
IMO Number: 8806802
Countryman & McDaniel
The Air & Ocean Logistics- Customs Broker & Hull Attorneys
International Trade Consultants
"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
On The Scene -- At Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
A 2011 Countryman & McDaniel
Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender
Feature Updates: (click for the selected date)
November 2 2011 - The Incident - Cracked Hull & Ecological Damage
November 5 2011 - One Month Summary - Vessel Stabilization & Fuel Removal
November 15 2011 - Removing The Cargo Containers - Saving A Doomed Vessel?
November 16 2011 - The First Container Is Removed - Successfully
November 21 2011 - Meet Sea-Tow 60 And 49 Containers Removed Thus Far
November 22 2011 - Svitzer Salvage Engineers And The Danger Dance
November 23 2011 - Stern Containers Are Cleared -- Amazing Salvage Feat
December 3 2011 -- Bad Weather Slows The Pace
Maritime New Zealand
Blaine Prentiss -- Asst. Editor, The Cargo Letter
Our Important Contributors For This Feature:
Simon Dutto Ashley Black – UK William Cooke – Hawaii Todd Drake
Ben Gundry Keith Hadland David Kempster - Australia
Stuart Midgley - Duck Brothers Transport Pty Ltd, , Australia
John Nichols - Scottsdale, AZ Jude Ravo Reuben Jay Scott
A Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender
The Date: Oct. 5 2011
The Time: 02:20 Local
The Place: Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
"Acute Rena Failure"
M/V Rena
IMO Number: 8806802
On The Scene At Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
October 5 2011
M/V Rena, EX-M/V Zim America, Ex-M/V Andaman Sea
Voyage Related Info (Last Received)
Andaman Sea (Until 2010 Nov 24)
Zim America (Until 2007 Mar 12)
Andaman Sea (Until 2007 Jan 29) - Operator: ZIM
Flag: Malta
IMO Number: 8806802
MMSI: 636014911
Callsign: A8XJ7
Current flag: Liberia
Home port: Monrovia
Class society: American Bureau Of Shipping
Builder: Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft Kiel, Germany
Current owner: Ofer Brothers Group Herzliyya, Israel
Owner under name Andaman Sea: ZIM Integrated Shipping
Manager: Ciel Ship management Athens, Greece
Chartered to: Costamare Inc.
Draught: 9.6 m
Destination: Tauranga, New Zealand
ETA: 2011-10-05 13:00
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 17.7 / 17 knots
Speed marching: 21 kn
Main engine: 8RTA76
1240 KW, 8 cylidners, Cegielski Poznan - Poland
Build year: 1990
Vessell type: Container Ship
Hull: Double, Dry Cargo
Maximum TEU capacity: 3351
Gross tonnage: 37,209 tons
Summer Dead Weight: 47,230 tons
Handling equipment: (swl 6,1 tons)
LOA (Length Overall): 235 m
Beam: 32 m
The Prolog To Disaster -- An Acute Loss
PROLOG TO DISASTER
MV Rena is a 3,351 TEU container ship owned by the Greek shipping company Costamare Inc. through one of its subsidiaries, Daina Shipping Co. The ship was built in 1990 as M/V ZIM America for the Israeli shipping company Zim by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG in Kiel, Germany. She was renamed M/V Andaman Sea in 2007 and has sailed under her current name and owner since 2010.
It was just after 2 PM in calm seas, on a routine voyage when the aging MV Rena would gain infamy by grounding on the well known Astrolabe Reef.
The story of M/V Rena was and will have a great economic & ecolocilcal impact on this area of Maritime New Zealand, but our coverage suffered an unfortunate break as we departed to attend the FIATA World Congress at Cairo, Egypt from Oct. 15 through Oct. 28. We expected to resume this story, with a full feature, in a about two weeks. If history held true to form. It did.
M/V Rena has remained breaking news. With M/V Rena hard aground and her holds flooded -- the big question remains whether this troubled vessel can be saved? Ay least, yhe loss of M/V Rena Is Acute.
While our feature will demonstrate the current crisis for M/V Rena, during our trip to Cairo the greater danger has presented itself in terms of ecological disaster. As for the vessel, M/V Rena appears doomed.
We plan to follow .this debacle from today forward.
All Photo Are Courtesy of Maritime New Zealand.
This feature deals with two concepts:"Acute Rena Failure" ........ and ....... of course ....... as always ....... "Ship Happens! ©"
Michael S. McDaniel - Your Editor
October 5 2011 -- The Incident
From The Cargo Letter - Oct. 5 2011 - stranded at Astrolabe Reef, off Tauranga, Maritime New Zealand
47,230-dwt Liberian-flagged boxship M/V Rena (IMO: 8806802, built 1990, 3029 TEU) carrying 25 crew struck the Astrolabe Reef and grounded on Oct 5. Several breaches have been identified in the hull but no breaches in the fuel tanks. A light sheen of oil was detected in the surrounding water which is able to be dispersed easily. No injuries. [From our Sr. Correspondent Tim Schwabedissen, 5-10-11]
Astrolabe Reef - an ironic place to ground a vessel
An astrolabe is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa, surveying, triangulation, and to cast horoscopes. It was used in classical antiquity, through the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and Renaissance for all these purposes. In the Islamic world, it was also used to calculate the Qibla and to find the times for Salah, prayers.
There is often confusion between the astrolabe and the mariner's astrolabe. While the astrolabe could be useful for determining latitude on land, it was an awkward instrument for use on the heaving deck of a ship or in wind. The mariner's astrolabe was developed to address these issues.
Under the present circumstances of M/V Rena, Astrolabe Reef is an ironic grounding location. M/V Rena might have been better off using an astrolabe for navigation, but now there is ample opportunity for M/V Rena to use the inclinometer feature for calculating her list.
THE IRONY MOST CRUEL
But the irony most cruel is having US$800,000 of sauvignon blanc stuck on the Astrolabe Reef -- a fact not lost on the Marlborough area winery that shares the same name. Blenheim wine company Astrolabe Ltd. has a shipment of 4,000 cases on the 236-meter M/V Rena. The wine was destined for the Irish Christmas market. Indeed, officials have doubled crews for the salvage effort upon learning of this peril for the sauvignon blanc. There is great sadness in Dublin, where a vigil in underway.
We hope Astrolabe Ltd had quality marine cargo insurance -- because a significant part of the cargo value -- if not most of it -- will be spent in General Average to save M/V Rena. Cargo insurance pays for General Average claims, to the insured amount.
Perhaps Astrolabe LTD should have used it's own astrolabe in planning this shipment.
Astrolabe Reef Peaks From The Sea -- Tip of The Berg
Relates To
Part of Publication CollectionGrounding of the Rena (October 2011)
"Acute Rena Failure" - Cargo Law. Pae Korokī, accessed 04/04/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/49040
