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Environment
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WATCH: Clifton Trawler Tugged Off Beach [VIDEO]
19 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Eihatsu Maru was successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities yesterday. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel.
Eyewitness News’s Aletta Gardner was on hand to record the moment life along Victoria Road returned to normal.
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First Photo Of Clifton Trawler Pulled Away From The Beach – It Worked!
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
The Eihatsu Maru has been successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities today. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel that ran aground last Saturday morning in thick fog.
It brings to a close an agonising six days of salvage attempts by officials, who twice previously failed to remove the stricken vessel.
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Clifton Trawler Pizza Men Become International Heroes (Mind-Blowing Video)
18 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Things have been moving at a rapid pace. Just as we recovered from the news of the Clifton Trawler pizza delivery making the London Metro newspaper (here), we get hit with an escalation in their fame – that they have now made the Wall Street Journal (here)! The Butler’s Pizza delivery men are fast becoming […]
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Incredible New Aerial Photos Of Clifton Trawler Emerge – Shot From Helicopter
18 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Unbelievable. These were sent in by 2oceansviber, Martin G. Check these out!
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Japan Says It’s Concerned About Clifton Trawler
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s taken long enough for Japanese officials to step up to the plate and offer South African Authorities their assurances that they will do everything they can to locate the stricken vessel’s owner. After a slight mishap overnight, Samsa confirmed to 2oceansVibe a little while ago that salvage experts were putting the finishing touches together for an operation at lunchtime today.
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Wall Street Journal Covers “Clifton Trawler Pizza Delivery”
17 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
By now you should have heard about the pizzas we ordered from Butlers Pizza to be delivered to the stricken Eihatsu Maru ship on Clifton beach. Naturally it wasn’t a problem for them, as they’re Cape Town’s #1 pizza company. You can check the video HERE if you missed it. But more recently a picture […]
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SA Will Foot Bill For Salvaging Stranded Japanese Vessel
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
South Africa is going to foot the bill for salvaging the Japanese fishing vessel currently stranded on Clifton First beach, according to the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa). The owner of the ship, which ran aground on Saturday and has since moved 25m closer to the shore, has to date refused to cover the costs of the salvage.
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Clifton Trawler Shipwreck Receives Butlers Pizza Delivery [VIDEO]
16 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 12 Comments
Tugboats tried again yesterday to pull free Eihatsu Maru, the Japanese trawler stranded on Clifton beach in Cape Town. The rope snapped – just as it did yesterday – and it occurred to all at 2oceansvibe Media, that the crew (and dog) on board might be feeling somewhat peckish. So we did what any self-respecting […]
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Butlers Pizza Delivery To Clifton Trawler Makes International Headlines
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Yesterday, 2oceansvibe enlisted the brave men of Butlers in a diplomatic and humanitarian mission: the delivery of hot pizza to the stricken crew and salvage officers of the Eihatsu Maru trawler, currently beached on Clifton 1st. The captain’s dog got a bone. In case you haven’t caught the video and pictures of the successful mission […]
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Clifton Trawler: Make Or Break
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Tomorrow, SA Maritime Safety Authorities will make another attempt to remove the stranded Eihatsu Maru from Clifton’s First beach. Last night, 2oceansVibe spoke to one of the men in charge, Samsa’s chief operations officer, Sobantu Tilayi. Many questions still remain about the reasons why the captain grounded the vessel, but Tilayi said the operation has now reached a critical stage.
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Clifton Trawler: Day 4 Draws To A Close…
15 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
[pic source – Twitter – @alettagardner]
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Earth Is A “Planet In Crisis”
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past four decades, wildlife populations on Earth have declined by more than 30%, and some species by as much as 70%. The revealing data has prompted conservationists to label Earth as a “planet in crisis”.
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Clifton Trawler: Grounded On Purpose?
14 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
Various officials are currently meeting with the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to establish a salvage operation for the stranded trawler on Clifton’s First Beach. A source familiar with the maritime industry believes it’s quite unlikely that the vessel wouldn’t have known what it was doing, and that fog would not have played a role in the grounding.
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WATCH: Clifton Shipwreck Salvage Operation LIVE Online RIGHT NOW!
14 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
It’s a great moment for the BEACH WATCH website, as they have the infrastructure that allows us to watch the stranded Japanese trawler LIVE on the net. We’re not 100% sure when the salvage operation will get underway – but you can keep an eye on things using the live Clifton beach webcam. You can […]
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Pics From N.S.R.I Rescue Mission – Clifton Beach Trawler Crash [Hi-Res Close-Ups]
12 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
The NSRI has kindly uploaded a whole of pics of their rescue mission, following the Japanese trawler which crashed into Clifton 1st Beach early Saturday morning. Click ‘continue reading‘ to see the rest of the hi-res close-up pics.
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Ship Runs Aground At Clifton Beach [Photo Gallery + Panoramic Shot]
12 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 14 Comments
A large fishing vessel has run aground at Clifton First beach, Cape town. With heavy mists greeting excited gawkers this morning, one can be sure the same fog played a role in theis ship running aground. We are picking up details as we go, but a local convenience store manager confirmed that he heard lots […]
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Rhino Poacher Killed In Shootout At Kruger Park
11 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
As the total number of rhino poached in the Kruger National Park reaches 130, it’s nice to read news like this. SANParks has reported that two suspects have been arrested, and one killed, in a shoot out in the Crocodile Bridge section of Kruger.
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SONY Reports Record Annual Loss of $5,7 Billion
10 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
SONY Corporation has declared an annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5,7 billion) in 2011, its fourth straight year of hemorrhaging money, and the worst in its 66-year corporate history. In spite of which, the company – which appointed a new president, Kazuo Hirai last month – is predicting return to profit by the end of 2012.
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India’s “Misconceived” Plans To Import Cheetahs From Africa Stalled
09 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Indian government has recently formulated some big plans to re-introduce cheetahs to the wild – in India, that is. The $56 million strategy involved importing cheetahs from Namibia to a wildlife sanctuary in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Unfortunately it’s just been pointed out that African and Asiatic cheetahs are completely different.
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BREAKING: R55 Million In Assets Seized From Dawie Groenewald And His Rhino Poaching Buddies [PICS]
09 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Hawks raided the home of one Dawie Groenwald this morning, in an “uncapped asset forfeiture” (read: repo raid) worth an estimated R55 million. This is part of one of South Africa’s biggest wildlife cases involving rhino poaching and trade in their horns, and we’ve got photos from the raid, and the police statement, after the jump!
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The BP Oil Spill Photos You Weren’t Supposed To See [PICS]
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It has been two years since 4,9 million barrels of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. In the midst of the disaster, BP and its contractors did everything they could to keep people from seeing the scale of the disaster. But new photos released today offer some new insight into just how horrific the Gulf became for sea life. See them inside.
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It’s Official: Table Mountain Confirmed As Fifth Of Seven New Wonders Of Nature
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Remember last year when Table Mountain was voted in as one of the seven new “wonders of nature” after an extensive international voting competition run by the Swiss New7Wonders Foundation? Well an international audit has just confirmed the award, making the title official, but what does this mean for Slaapstad and our tourism industry?
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Japan’s “The Cove” Town Plans To Build A Dolphin Park In The Cove
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The town of Taiji in Japan, made infamous by award-winning documentary “The Cove”, plans to repair its reputation by building a sea life park in the self-same cove where annually hundreds of dolphins and whales are herded, captured and slaughtered by local fishermen. More on this seaside slaughter after the jump. Images might disturb some readers.
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Salome The Cheetah Gives Birth To Three Cubs
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Late yesterday afternoon, you may have been alerted to the fact that we had found out that Salome the cheetah from the Hoedpsruit Endangered Species Centre was due to give birth to her first litter of cubs at some point during the following 24 hours. Her first cub was born at approximately 19h20 last night. Click through for more.
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Birth Of Cheetah Cubs Live Streaming On Web [VIDEO]
02 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2oceansvibe’s attention has been drawn to this fantastic project, and just in time! Africam.com is attempting to broadcast the life of a litter of cheetah cubs from their birth to their hopeful re-introduction into the wild, through a live 24/7 video camera with sound and infrared night vision. The threatened big cats will be new […]
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Lion Bone Trade On The Rise
02 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s next poaching epidemic could emanate out of the trade in lion body parts. Lion bones are being used as a replacement for tiger bones to concoct traditional Asian medicines like tiger brew wine because of the demise of the region’s tiger populations. Lion are already being poached in the northern section of the Kruger National Park.
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Yosemite Range Of Light, The Most Beautiful Time-Lapse Of The Park Yet [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the tender age of 18, photographer Shawn Reeder won a trip to Yosemite National Park and promptly fell in love with its “beauty and awe”. Since then he’s been compiling wonderful, high-definition footage which he has finally deemed ready to share with the world.
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Helicopter Poachers Massacre 22 Elephants In Congo
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I believe it’s safe to say that animal poaching has now gotten completely out of hand. This is a scene I’d rather not try and picture – a herd of 22 elephants, were swooped on by a helicopter, and massacred.
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Brazil’s Congress Approves Contentious New Forest Laws
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved contentious new legislation that eases rules on how much land farmers must preserve as forest. Environmentalists are up in arms, and say the new forest legislation will be a disaster, and lead to further destruction of the Amazon.
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Cape Town To Hire More Spotters In Wake Of Fatal Shark Attack
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the wake of the tragic death of 20-year old Capetonian bodyboarder, David Lillienfeld last Thursday, the City of Cape Town has agreed to implement a shark spotting programme at Kogel Bay, where the young man lost his life.
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