Astrolabe Reef Towies

Activity at Astrolabe Reef has, in the words of one contributor, become Groundhog Day. The salvage has moved to a daily routine of debris removal as the Salvors ponder what to do with the sunken after section of Rena.

Every person at Astrolabe Reef has been reminded again of the blanket non-disclosure of text, commentary, opinion, photos or video footage of the salvage operation. Funny to think that this is New Zealand and not Stalinist Russia.

The world's most expensive two truck

Someone got lucky yesterday when a Mercedes Benz E200 was recovered (un-immersed) from the forward holds and flown off by the McDermott helicopter. It may have already been paid out as a total loss but appears to have a few boxes of personal possessions in the back seat. No sign of any Monaros at this point, Troy.

Merc slung under the McDermott chopper for the short ride home

The Antipodean Mariner

Rena salvage archive

The National Library of NZ has posted a request on the blog...

"Hi there, The National Library of New Zealand would like to archive a copy of your blog for the Library's collections. We've been reading your commentary on RENA with much interest."

The Antipodean Mariner has replied to the National Library of NZ with a yes, but has one further 'ask' for the librarians of Wellington.

As you guys are down there in Wellington and kind of close to Maritime NZ, do you think you could give them a call and ask them really nicely to talk to Svitzer who will in turn talk to the Operators of the 'GO Canopus' and ease up on the non-disclosure clause? The Antipodean Mariner's man at Astrolabe Reef still has some great insights and photos of the salvage to share with the followers of this blog.


www.worldmaritimenews.com

Thanks in advance,

AM