• Container ship sinking off the coast of New Zealand

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    Swells continue to hit MV Rena as it is stuck on Astrolabe Reef, on Nov. 3, 2011 in Tauranga, New Zealand.

    Graeme Brown / Maritime New Zealand via Getty Images

    The starboard side of Rena's deck is now largely underwater at high tide as it is stuck on Astrolabe Reef, Nov. 3 in Tauranga, New Zealand. The stricken vessel encountered high swells which led authorities to fear it may finally break up. Rena struck the reef on October 5, and has spilled 350 tonnes of oil, and almost 100 shipping containers.

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  • Alan Gibson / AP

    The container ship Rena sits stranded on a reef off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Authorities have been assessing whether any oil has spilled from the 236m cargo vessel Rena, which struck the Astrolabe Reef, north of Motiti Island in the early hours of Oct. 5.

    Container ship strikes reef off New Zealand coast

    New Zealand Herald reports:

    The vessel, which left Napier bound for Tauranga Port, is on a 10 degree list, but is stable on the reef.

    Two of its cargo holds are flooded, and pumps are being used to extract the water.

    "As a precautionary measure, fuel in tanks on the port side is being transferred to the starboard side," Maritime New Zealand said in a statement.

    Read the full story here.