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Egon Oldendorff have sold their Handysize “Lucy Oldendorff” 32/2011 Taizhou Maple Leef, China with DD 01/2021 at an undisclosed price.

Smouldering palm kernels removed with spades

Fire fighters were making final checks on the palm kernel cargo in the "Lucy Oldendorff"’s No 1 hold on Aug 22 to make sure the fire is out. The fire, which has been smouldering rather than flaming, has been an on-going issue since the ship arrived at the Tauranga Roadstead on Aug 20 morning. It was thought to have begun a few days earlier when the crew of the bulk carrier fumigated the cargo. The ship was en-route from Singapore when the crew did some fumigation. When the hold was vented, smoke came out so the crew closed the hold down and injected CO2, put the fire out and contacted Maritime NZ. As the fumigation process releases heat, one theory was the equipment used may have set fire to the pallet on which it was placed. Only a small section of the cargo was involved, an area about two metres by two metres or about four tonnes. The fire service spent Aug 21 digging out the smouldering material and shovelling it into 200 litre-drums, which were taken ashore, tipped out on the wharf and the smouldering palm kernel doused. Five appliances and command units were involved in the work which had to be carried out with a spade and shovel initially because of the location of it in a corner which was inaccessable via crane buckets, and visibility wasn’t suitable for putting a digger in there initially either. The fire fighters shifted about three tonne by hand, before a digger could be lowered to remove about another three tonne of heated material. Cargo temperatures were checked again in the morning of Aug 22 and found to be back to normal. The total of about 30,000 tonnes of palm kernel which will be discharged at Tauranga and New Plymouth. Report with photos: http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/30308-final-look-at-hold-fire.html

Smouldering palm kernels removed

Firefighters continued to deal with burning cargo on board the "Lucy Oldendorff" in Tauranga harbour on Aug 21, four days after a small fire was reported in the cargo hold of the "Lucy Oldendorff". Firefighters with breathing apparatus spent most of the day digging the smouldering palm kernels out of the cargo hold of the vessel. A digger was lowered into the hold and used to fill steel barrels with the smouldering cargo. The barrels were lifted out to firefighters on the dock who emptied the contents and doused the smoking palm kernels with water. Five fire appliances and 21 fire service personnel were involved. The fire was probably started by a fumigation canister inserted into the hold. Only three to five tonnes of the 30,000 tonnes of palm kernel on board the ship were damaged. Once they are removed the rest of the ship is safe. The ship's crew first noticed a small amount of smoke on Aug 17. They sealed the No 1 hatch, filled it with carbon dioxide and reported it to Maritime New Zealand. Firefighters first opened the hold on Aug 20 morning after was anchored off the coast of Tauranga. They found the palm kernels still smouldering so the hatch was sealed and the hold filled with carbon dioxide for a second time. The ship was brought into port in the morning and firefighters were called to remove the smouldering kernels at 10.40 a.m. Report with photo: http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/burning-cargo-lifted-from-tauranga-ship/1514224/