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Tauranga Shipping Channel Screw-Up


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A ship has lost power, leaving it stranded in the Port of Tauranga shipping channel.

The Singaporean-registered log carrier, Funing-9690913, was departing the port bound for China when it lost power around 12.30am on Monday.

Crew dropped anchors and the ship is holding position between Mauao and Matakana Island, Maritime NZ said in a statement.Two tugs are with the vessel and providing support to the ship that appears to be on the edge of the shipping channel, which has a sandy seabed at that point.

Tauranga port authorities have set up a response centre to manage the event and Maritime NZ has established a team to provide coordination and support.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/122043791/ship-stranded-after-losing-power-off-mt-maunganui

I bet the crew forgot to open the raw water inlet, and the engine overheated just after leaving berth, it's hard to get good help these days...I mean, what could go wrong, Tauranga has never had a massive clusterfuck cause a foreign ship's crew were on the piss instead of paying attention... Only a matter of time before something happens in the Rangi channel.

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Sounds like good work was done by the vessel and tugs to stop it going aground. 

Next problem is to fix the propulsion.  Can they do that at sea, or will they need to tow it back into the harbour?

 

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That fair led has some rough edges on it. No wonder the rope broke, its going to get chaffed through in moments on that...

And just look at all that valuable raw material getting shipped off shore without being processed here in NZ. Aren' there sawmills closing cause they can't get logs to chop up?

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Fish, we've been thru this 20 yr ago. China wants logs, we can sell them , or Russia can sell them. Guess what, its a lot cheaper to process logs in China.Is it Shane Jones saying the same. He is an idiot

 

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Latest Professional skipper mag gives a very different reason for the Tauranga debacle, As per the Mag, basically the ship was sent into a 50+ knot wind with 5 +m swell, on a low tide. Apparently the engine didn't fail, until it had picked up the stb bouy, relevant chain and 10 ton block in its propellor and this stalled the engine, leaving it to drift on the outgoing tide, only being stopped from running ashore after the tugs were recalled  to assist. Fingers are being pointed at the harbour authorities for sending an underpowered ship (apparently well known fact of this class of ship) into a building storm.

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