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ZIM AMERICA
Container Ship
Built in
1990 by Howaldtswerke-DW yard in Kiel, Germany
IMO : 8806802
Flag : Malta
Length : 236 m
Beam : 32 m
DWT : 47 230 t
Gross : 37 209 t
(Taken from
Topkapi Palace, June 2006)
Renamed ANDAMAN SEA in 2007 and RENA in 2010, flag Liberia
On October 5, 2011, just after 2 PM in calm seas, on a routine voyage, the RENA ran aground on the well know Astrolabe reef. The ship was carrying 1,368 containers, as well as 1,700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 200 tonnes of marine diesel. Several breaches were identified in the hull. On 8 January 2012 the RENA broke in two after enduring heavy winds and seas overnight. By 10 January the stern section had sunk almost completely and on 4 April it slipped further down the reef and disappeared completely from the surface.
