wheels 543 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Rigger, any news on this? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9629360 ... ip-at-port Firefighters have been evacuated from a blaze on a ship at Port Taranaki after hazardous chemicals were found.Port Taranaki was evacuated after the ship the Poavosa Wisdom caught fire this afternoon. Smoke could be seen coming from the bow of the ship which arrived from Victoria today carrying a load of wheat. Fire Service central communications shift manager Mike Wanoa said 209 litres of an unidentified hazardous chemical were found and all emergency personnel had been withdrawn from the port. He said technical liasion officers with "level three suits" would be entering the ship to determine what the chemical was. Firefighters had earlier been lowered into the hold of the ship to extinguish the blaze. Wanoa said the fire had reached a third alarm level and there were eight fire trucks at the scene and 30-40 fire staff were attending. He said it was unclear whether the smoke was toxic but precautions were being taken. The Poavosa Wisdom is berthed at the Moturoa wharf and its 21 crew members have been evacuated from the ship. Nearby homes may be evacuated if the smoke increases or the wind changes direction. Five other ships were in port. New Plymouth fire brigades were alerted by port security about 1pm. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 No fire and not Tauranga Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Duh. My dyslexia kicking in. Or just lazy reading. Prt Taranaki is the place. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 No news on the fire. Any comments on the pic below? Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Any comments on the pic below? Fizz-f*cker egregiously failing to give way to something very much approaching from the right, by the looks of it. Another datum in the "they're all arseholes" set... How did I do? Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 You just passed your Day Skipper. Now you can definitely do your Coastal! Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Obviously the very nimble Ship didn't giveway to the hard to steer very important, has right of way, must get there Launch. I can only imagine the Ships Master and Crew were probably not wearing lifejackets either. Tsk tsk. When are these Ships Cpts going to learn. Link to post Share on other sites
PaulR 3 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Any comments on the pic below? Chief: "FULL SPEED AHEAD and we can still beat the f#@ker to the berth" Link to post Share on other sites
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