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Rena response and recovery

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is managing the monitoring and future clean-up of any more oil spills from the CV Rena, which wrecked off the Tauranga coast on October 2011.  Regular assessments of the wreck show there's not likely to be much more oil spilt. Very little oil is still in the environment or coming ashore.

People are encouraged to report any sightings of oil to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Pollution Prevention Hotline on 0800 884 883.

The Regional Council works with Rena wreck removal and debris recovery contractors to ensure the risk of further oil spills is managed. Resolve Salvage and Fire has an oil spill contingency plan in place and have response equipment and trained staff at the wreck site. Braemar Howells has oil spill response equipment on their vessel patrolling the 2 mile exclusion zone.

Maritime New Zealand continues to have a team in Tauranga overseeing salvage.

 

Rena, 4 April 2012 (1)