In a storm on the 26th of July 2011, The MT Phoenix tanker ship ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in the quiet upmarket suburb of Sheffield Beach which is part of the town Ballito. On the east coast of the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. After the stranding a whole process was started to do the necessary salvaging, pollution control and environmental assessments while a re-floating was planned to happen as soon as possible. Salvaging and pollution companies got involved and we see how salvaging tugboats and marine helicopters played a role in all of this. This is the RU-vid video documentary story over six episodes of what happened from beginning to the eventual resolve.
Geographical Positions (Copy and Paste the coordinates into Google Earth Search to see the location):
GEO POSITION OF THE STRANDED PHOENIX: 29°29'3.76"S 31°15'33.17"E
GEO POSITION OF THE SCUTTLED PHOENIX: 30°12'0.00"S 31°25'12.00"E
GEO POSITION OF DURBAN HARBOUR MOUTH: 29°52'19.27"S 31° 3'12.92"E
GEO POSITION OF STEVE’S ROCK: 29°29'24.70"S 31°15'6.60"E
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