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The "Zhong Xing" by May 21, 2010, was on its way to China after repairs to holes in the vessel’s sides led Australian authorities to lift an intervention order.
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The “Zhong Xing” currently anchored in the Torres Strait is not leaking fuel, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has found. An AMSA surveyor on May 20, 2010, found no sign of a reported oil sheen sighting. There are no obvious signs that the fuel tank has been breached and it is likely that the sheen seen was caused from diesel oil residue in the bilge when water was pumped off the vessel. While the vessel is still taking on water, the pumps on board are efficiently managing the ingress by pumping the water from the cargo hold and the ship is stable. AMSA ordered the crew of the China-bound ship to anchor nine nautical miles from Yorke Island amid pollution concerns. Eight salvors and three divers arrived from Port Moresby on a salvage tug last night to assess the 30-year old ship.
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The “Zhong Xing” while being underway with a cargo of timber from Papua New Guinea to China hit a reef in Papua New Guinea waters in the night of May 18, 2010, shortly after leaving the port of Daru with a cargo of timber. It was attempting to continue its voyage home to China via the Torres Strait when the Australian Maritime Safety Authority ordered it to drop anchor near Cape York Island to prevent a possible pollution and thus to check it was not leaking fuel. Water was being pumped out of the ship's damaged front cargo hold, but no fuel has been spilt yet, and the ship is said to be not in danger of sinking. A salvage crew from Port Moresby was on its way and was expected on scene in the afternoon of May 20.
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