ROCKHAMPTON, Auseteralia – Ua holo wikiwiki aku ka poe hana e hoopau i ka aila kahe i ka Poakahi mai ka moku lawe lanahu i ku i ke kahua o ka Great Barrier Reef o Auseteralia, me ka hoouna ana aku i elua mau waapa kaa no ka hoopaa ana i ka moku i ole ia e nahaha a e poino hou aku i ke ko’a palupalu malalo.
Ke holo nei me ka holo holo piha o 10 mph (12 knots, 16 kph), ka Shen Neng 1 i kākau inoa ʻia e Kina i loko o Douglas Shoals i ka hopena o ka Pōʻaono, kahi wahi i kaupalena ʻia nā moku no ka pale ʻana i ka ʻākoʻakoʻa nui loa o ka honua. helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻoilina honua ma muli o kona mau wai ʻālohilohi a me ka waiwai o ke kaiapuni i home no nā tausani o nā ʻano kai.
Ma kahi o 2 tons (metric tons) o ka aila ua hoʻokahe ʻia mai ka 1,000 tons (950 metric tons) o ka wahie ma luna o ka moku, e hana ana i 100-yard (mika) slick e holo ana i 2 mile (3 kilometres), wahi a Marine Safety Queensland i loko o kahi ʻōlelo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Queensland State Premier Anna Bligh e hoʻokomo ʻia kahi boom a puni ka moku i ka Pōʻalua e loaʻa ai ka ʻaila mai ka hull. Ua hoʻopuehu ka mokulele i nā mea hoʻopuehu kemika i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e wāwahi i ka lā Sābati.
"ʻO kā mākou helu helu 1 ka mālama ʻana i kēia ʻaila mai ka Barrier Reef a mālama ʻia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻolaha ma Brisbane.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bligh ua hōʻea kahi hui hoʻopakele i ka moku i ka Pōʻakahi a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopaʻa.
"Aia i loko o kahi ʻāpana paʻakikī o ka ʻāʻī a aia ka moku i kahi kūlana ʻino loa, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kēia kaʻina hana e koi ai i nā ʻike loea āpau e hiki ai iā mākou ke lawe," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka lekiō Australian Broadcasting Corp. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mau pule e hoʻopau ai i ka moku.
ʻO ka mea nona ka moku, ʻo Shenzhen Energy, he lālā o ka Cosco Group ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele moku nui loa o Kina, hiki ke hoʻopaʻi ʻia a hiki i 1 miliona Australian dollars ($920,000) no ka haʻalele ʻana mai kahi ala moku i hoʻohana ʻia e nā moku ukana 6,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki, wahi a Bligh.
"He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi kēia o kekahi o nā kaiapuni moana makamae loa ma ka honua a aia nā ala hoʻokele i ʻae ʻia - a ma laila kahi e kū ai kēia moku," wahi a Bligh.
Makaʻu nā mana e nahā ka moku i ka wā o ka hoʻopakele ʻana a wāwahi hou aku i nā ʻākoʻakoʻa, a i ʻole e hoʻokahe hou aku i kāna aila wahie kaumaha i loko o ke kai i pulu ka lā. Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bligh ua emi iho ka pilikia o ka moku ʻana mai ka wā i hōʻea mai ai ka mua o ʻelua mau moku huki a hoʻemi i kāna neʻe ʻana.
Ua hōʻea mai ʻelua mau moku huki i ka Pōʻakahi e hoʻopaʻa i ka moku, wahi a Marine Safety Queensland.
"ʻO kekahi o nā mea e hopohopo nui nei ʻo ia ka neʻe ʻana o ka moku ma luna o ke kai a hiki i ka hana ʻana o ke kai, e hana hou ana i ka pōʻino" i ke koʻa a me ka hull, e like me ka luna nui o ke keʻena ʻo Patrick Quirk. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻike pōʻino mua i ke kahe ʻana o ka lumi ʻenekini nui a me ka pōʻino i ka ʻenekini nui a me ka hoe.
E ku ana kekahi waapa makai e hoopau i na ohua he 23 ina nahaha ka moku.
E lawe ana ka mea lawe nui ma kahi o 72,000 tons (65,000 metric tons) o ka lanahu i Kina mai ke awa ʻo Queensland o Gladstone i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai i loko o nā kahawai ma kahakai o Queensland ma ka Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Nui nā hui mālama i hōʻike i ka huhū no ka hiki ʻana i nā mea lawe nui ke hele ma waena o ke kai me ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi pailaka moana kūikawā. ʻO nā ala hoʻouna moku ma nā kai o Australia e koi maʻamau i kahi kāpena mākaukau e hele ma luna o kahi moku e hiki mai ana e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā pōʻino. A hiki i kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ke aupuni ʻaʻohe pono o nā pailaka moana a puni ka wahi i pale ʻia no ka mea ua pāpā ʻia nā moku nui ma laila.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michael White o ke Kulanui o Queensland, ka loea kānāwai Maritime, ʻo ka ʻaila ka hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi o ke kaiapuni. ʻOiai hiki i ka lanahu ke hana i "nā pōʻino kūloko nui," e wikiwiki ia e hemo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Greg Webb, ka mea kālaihonua moana mai ke Kulanui o ʻenehana ʻo Queensland, hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻike ʻole i nā hopena o ka ʻaila a me ka lanahu.
"I ka wā ma mua, manaʻo wale mākou e hiki i kahi papa ke hoʻopaʻa i kekahi mea," haʻi ʻo ia i ka lekiō ABC. "A manaʻo wau i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei, ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou."
