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Posted at 10:55am Thursday 16th May, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
 A Filipino crewman is in hospital with serious injuries after the main crane boom collapsed on a logging ship in the Port of Tauranga this morning.
The 42-year-old was working onboard the Nordic Visby around 5.30am when the main crane boom snapped causing a steel rope to strike the crewman in the chest.
Nordic Visby at Port of Tauranga today.
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Posted at 11:16am Wednesday 15th May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 The weather, which has been the single largest obstacle to clearing the Rena wreck off Astrolabe Reef, has been enlisted as a demolition aid.
Salvors are making cuts in the remaining steel in the bow section and leaving the weather induced wave action to knock it into the water, says Maritime NZ spokesman Reece Golding.
The remains of the bow section...
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Posted at 12:00pm Tuesday 14th May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 A ship berthed at the Port of Tauranga is being ordered to cease operations while Maritime New Zealand officials investigate its part in a collision with a fishing vessel yesterday.
The cargo ship Samjin berthed at the port around 6.20am today and has since been ordered to cease operations and remain in port.
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Posted at 4:15pm Monday 13th May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 A cargo ship reported to have struck a fishing boat off the East Cape this morning will be met by Maritime New Zealand officials when it berths at the Port of Tauranga this afternoon.
The cargo ship, Samjin, en-route from Port Chalmers in Dunedin, is reported to have struck the fishing boat 13 miles off the coast of Gisborne around 3am today.
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Posted at 2:18pm Friday 10th May, 2013 | By Corrie Taylor corrie@thesun.co.nz
 Marie Kent steps onto a plane headed for France today, where she will compete alongside three team mates in the first of five regattas in the Women’s International Match Racing Series.
Marie Kent’s spent a lot of time in and around boats growing up. Photo by Tracy Hardy.
For the 20-year-old former Otumoetai College student, this is the first...
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Posted at 1:20pm Saturday 04th May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 The log ship Hanjin Bombay ran aground in Tauranga harbour entrance on June 21, 2010 after engine problems were not communicated to the bridge, an inquiry into the grounding of a cargo ship finds.
The fully loaded ship was leaving port for Korea when its main engine began overheating because of a malfunctioning valve. The engine room crew did not tell...
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Posted at 3:17pm Friday 03rd May, 2013
Pukehina beachgoers were this week stumped when they came across what they thought was a pre-historic creature on the shore.
The remains of what is now believed to be an Orca washed up about 5km from Pukehina during violent storms last week.
The carcass of a marine animal washed up on Pukehina Beach is likely to be that of a killer whale.
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Posted at 1:00pm Tuesday 30th Apr, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga Boys’ College rowers have the quick thinking of nearby yachties to thank after submerging their skiffs on Tauranga Harbour on Sunday.
The two coxless four skiffs were rowing on the harbour at about 11.30am when they got into trouble and began sinking.
Rowers from Tauranga Boys’ College rowing team, who operate from Memorial Park,...
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Posted at 11:22am Saturday 27th Apr, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 A blue shark has made history off the Bay of Plenty coast this week by diving 1250m in search for squid.
Bodhi, a 2.5m male blue shark, dived 1250m deep off the Bay of Plenty coast on Tuesday.
Bodhi, the blue shark.
Google Earth image of Bodhi and his tracked movements. The blue dot indicates the site where Bodhi dived to 1250m recording the world’s...
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Posted at 8:28am Friday 26th Apr, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 The Rena disaster cost New Zealand government departments $46.8million, according to figures released from the Treasury, well past the $27.6million the ships owners and insurers have paid in compensation.
The breakdown of costs to government agencies, published by the Treasury on Wednesday, shows Maritime New Zealand paid the most from the MV Rena’s...
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