MS Oliva

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History
NameOliva
Owner Dryships Inc
OperatorTMS Bulkers
Port of registry Valletta, Civil Ensign of Malta.svg  Malta
Builder Hudong Zhonghua, Shanghai
Launched24 June 2009
Completed2009
Identification
FateWrecked 16 March 2011
General characteristics
Class and typeDry bulk carrier
Tonnage40,170  GT; 75,208  DWT
Length225 m (738 ft)
Beam32.26 m (105.8 ft)
Depth19.6 m (64 ft)
Propulsion1 screw, MAN B&W engine
Speed14 knots
Crew22
Notes [1]

The MS Oliva was a bulk carrier launched in 2009. On 16 March 2011, due to the risky navigation of trying to achieve the minimal allowed clearance of Nightingale Island of 10  nmi, and due to human error in navigation reducing the actual clearance to zero, the ship went aground off Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic, at 4 am while on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to China with a cargo of soya beans. [2]

Contents

The ship broke in two and was a total loss. All 22 crew were rescued. More than 800 tons of fuel oil leaked from the ship and coated some 20,000 northern rockhopper penguins. The remains of the ship have been left to be claimed by the ocean. There is an area of soya bean deposits and reduced sealife around the wreck due to the cargo of soya bean removing the oxygen from the water. [3]

Lifeboat

In February 2013, a lifeboat from the Oliva washed up on a beach in the Coorong National Park in south-east South Australia. [4]

The lifeboat was later put on display adjacent to the former Cape Jaffa lighthouse in Kingston SE, South Australia, where it forms part of the town's National Trust maritime display. [5] [6]

Plaque in front of the lifeboat for MS Oliva which is now located adjacent to the former Cape Jaffa lighthouse in Kingston SE, South Australia. MS Olivia lifeboat plaque.jpg
Plaque in front of the lifeboat for MS Oliva which is now located adjacent to the former Cape Jaffa lighthouse in Kingston SE, South Australia.

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