WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Air pockets in a submerged fuel tank on the damaged starboard side of a cargo vessel grounded off New Zealand's coast are preventing pumping, officials said.
As much as 2,000 barrels of oil leaked from the ship after it became grounded on a reef off the coast of New Zealand last month. Salvage teams are pumping water into a tank to get fuel out of the ship's starboard side, which has significant structural damage.