Rough weather has jostled a cargo ship stuck off New Zealand's coast and worsened its oil leak fivefold to make it the country's worst-ever maritime environmental disaster, the government said on Oct. 11 (AP)
Rough weather has jostled a cargo ship stuck off New Zealand's coast and worsened its oil leak fivefold to make it the country's worst-ever maritime environmental disaster, the government said on Oct. 11 (AP)
1. A New Zealand Defence Force photo shows the grounded container ship 'Rena' listing heavily to starboard (右舷) in the Bay of Plenty near Tauranga. Salvage crews readied Thursday for a badly listing container ship stuck on a reef (暗礁) to break up, deepening New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster as it enters a second week
2．In this photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, shipping containers float Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, in the water around the cargo ship Rena that has been foundering （沉没）since it ran aground Oct. 5 on the Astrolabe Reef, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand. The condition of the stricken cargo ship stuck that is leaking oil worsened Wednesday, with about 70 containers falling overboard and the vessel moving onto a steeper lean （倾斜度）. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand, Blair Harkness)
3．A dead shag [鹭鸶：生活于欧洲及北非的两种海鸟之一（长鼻鸬鹚 或 点斑鸬鹚） ，与鸬鹚有亲缘关系], soaked in oil from the grounded container ship 'Rena', lies on Papamoa Beach near Tauranga. Salvage （海上救助） crews readied Thursday for a badly listing container ship stuck on a reef to break up, deepening New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster as it enters a second week
4. In this Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, a large crack from the deck (甲板) to the waterline [(船的)吃水线, 水线] has emerged on the cargo ship Rena that has been foundering since it ran aground Oct. 5 on the Astrolabe Reef, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand. The condition of the stricken vessel stuck that is leaking oil worsened Wednesday, with about 70 containers falling overboard and the vessel moving onto a steeper lean. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand)
5．CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS NAME OF MOUNTAIN - Al Powell removes a chunk of fuel oil from the Mount Maunganui beach stained with oil leaked from the Liberian-flagged container ship Rena that is stuck on a reef off the coast of Tauranga [陶兰加（新西兰北岛北岸港市）], New Zealand, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The ship has been foundering since it ran aground Oct. 5 on the Astrolabe Reef, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour. Up to 390 tons of heavy fuel oil spilled from the hull Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
6. TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 11: Volunteers collect the initial oil coming onto the Mount Maunganui shore on October 11, 2011 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Up to 350 more tonnes [公吨(=1,000公斤或称 metric ton)] of oil has been spilled from the 'Rena', which is stricken off the coast of Tauranga today, after the ship shifted position on the reef. The crew was evacuated and are waiting for a break in rough weather to return to pumping oil off the ship to the barge (驳船) Awanuia. Officials are warning that if the ship breaks up and releases the 1,700 tonnes of fuel on board it will be the worst maritime disaster for New Zealand in decades. (Photo by Bradley Ambrose/Getty Images)
7．Heavy seas and misty weather surround the cargo ship Rena that is stuck on the Astrolabe Reef, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The Liberia-flagged Rena has been foundering since it ran aground last Wednesday and the government has demanded to know why the ship crashed into the well-charted reef in calm weather. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Alan Gibson) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT
8． TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 11: Volunteers collect the initial oil coming onto the Mount Maunganui shore on October 11, 2011 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Up to 350 more tonnes of oil has been spilled from the 'Rena', which is stricken off the coast of Tauranga today, after the ship shifted position on the reef. The crew was evacuated and are waiting for a break in rough weather to return to pumping oil off the ship to the barge Awanuia. Officials are warning that if the ship breaks up and releases the 1,700 tonnes of fuel on board it will be the worst maritime disaster for New Zealand in decades. (Photo by Bradley Ambrose/Getty Images)
9．Dorothea Strauss removes fuel oil washed on to the beach from the Liberian-flagged container ship MV Rena that is stuck hard aground on a reef 12 nautical miles [海里：在航海和航空上应用的长度单位，按地球大圆一弧分长计，尤指国际和美国单位，相等于1,852米（大约6,076英尺）也作 sea mile] off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The 775-foot (236-meter) ship has 1,700 tons of fuel oil and 2,100 shipping containers on board as it sits on the reef at a 10-degree list. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
10．TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 11: One of the rescued oil-coated penguins recuperating （复原） in a water tank is filmed during a media call at the oiled wildlife centre in Tauranga on October 11, 2011 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Up to 350 more tonnes of oil has been spilled from the 'Rena', which is stricken off the coast of Tauranga today, after the ship shifted position on the reef. The crew was evacuated and are waiting for a break in rough weather to return to pumping oil off the ship to the barge Awanuia. Officials are warning that if the ship breaks up and releases the 1,700 tonnes of fuel on board it will be the worst maritime disaster for New Zealand in decades. (Photo by Bradley Ambrose/Getty Images)
11．A man walks on a beach stained with fuel oil leaked from the Liberian-flagged container ship Rena in Tauranga, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The 775-foot (236-meter) ship, carrying 1,700 tons of fuel oil and 2,100 shipping containers on board, has been foundering since it ran aground last Wednesday on the Astrolabe Reef, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
12．Girls look at a dead fish, foreground （前景, 最显著的位置） left, on a beach stained （stained）with fuel oil leaked from the Liberian-flagged container ship Rena in Tauranga, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The 775-foot (236-meter) ship, carrying 1,700 tons of fuel oil and 2,100 shipping containers on board, has been foundering since it ran aground last Wednesday on the Astrolabe Reef, about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
13．Oil from a stranded container ship washes up on the shore in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, as bad weather hampered clean-up efforts and attempts to salvage the crippled vessel.