A handout released by Maritime New Zealand shows the stricken cargo vessel Rena losing containers as heavy swells wash her deck on the starboard side as she lies stranded on the Astrolabe Reef, near Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it ran aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. A crack appeared in the hull raising fears that it could break up and sink. Television New Zealand showed images of a large crack in the side of the ship that is listing heavily and has lost about 70 containersfrom its deck in heavy seas and gale force winds. EPA/MARK ALEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A handout released by Maritime New Zealand shows the stricken cargo vessel Rena losing containers as heavy swells wash her deck on the starboard side as she lies stranded on the Astrolabe Reef, near Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it ran aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. A crack appeared in the hull raising fears that it could break up and sink. Television New Zealand showed images of a large crack in the side of the ship that is listing heavily and has lost about 70 containersfrom its deck in heavy seas and gale force winds. EPA/MARK ALEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Soldiers from Linton Camp join the clean up teams on Papamoa Beach to remove the oil contaminated sand from the stricken grounded container ship Rena on Astrolabe Reef, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it run aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. EPA/ROSS SETFORD AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
A handout photo released by Maritime New Zealand on 12 October 2011 shows the stranded cargo vessel Rena grounded on the Astrolabe Reef, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it run aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. Up to 70 containers fell off the ship overnight as large swells and gale force winds buffeted the 47,000-ton vessel, which is listing about 18 degrees to starboard. EPA/MARITIME NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A handout photo released by Maritime New Zealand on 12 October 2011 shows the stranded cargo vessel Rena grounded on the Astrolabe Reef, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it run aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. Up to 70 containers fell off the ship overnight as large swells and gale force winds buffeted the 47,000-ton vessel, which is listing about 18 degrees to starboard. EPA/MARITIME NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A handout photo released by Maritime New Zealand on 12 October 2011 shows the stranded cargo vessel Rena grounded on the Astrolabe Reef, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it run aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. Up to 70 containers fell off the ship overnight as large swells and gale force winds buffeted the 47,000-ton vessel, which is listing about 18 degrees to starboard. EPA/MARITIME NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A handout photo released by the New Zealand Defence Force on 12 October 2011 shows the stranded cargo vessel Rena grounded on the Astrolabe Reef, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, on 12 October 2011. Hundreds of tonnes of oil have leaked from the ship, since it run aground on 05 Oct. and started washing ashore at local beaches. Up to 70 containers fell off the ship overnight as large swells and gale force winds buffeted the 47,000-ton vessel, which is listing about 18 degrees to starboard. EPA/NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
