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FILE: A charge is used on the bow of the Seli 1 wreck at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town on 13 March 2013 with the aim of splitting and eventually sinking the remnants of the vessel. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

Seli 1

Ship runs aground in Buffels Bay

By Eyewitness News

Authorities are concerned about the potential environmental impact of the 156 metre vessel.

  • FILE: A second charge is used on the bow of the Seli 1 wreck at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town on 13 March 2013 to split and sink the remnants of the vessel. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Navy returns to remove Seli 1

    The Navy will resume wreck reduction work on the Seli 1 which is stuck off Bloubergstrand.

    2888 days ago
  • A second charge is used on the bow of the Seli 1 wreck at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town on 13 March 2013 with the aim of splitting and eventually sinking the remnants of the vessel. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Seli-One removal efforts resume

    The SA Navy is hard at work trying to break up the wreck of the Seli-One off Bloubergstrand.

    2958 days ago
  • The South African Navy has been breaking-up SELI 1 by making use of explosives.

    SELI 1 has not affected birdlife - SANCCOB

    The South African Navy has been breaking-up SELI 1 by making use of explosives.

    2959 days ago
  • The South African Navy used explosives to break down what is left of the Turkish vessel, SELI 1.

    Breaking up of SELI 1 continues Monday

    The South African Navy used explosives to break down what is left of the Turkish vessel.

    2960 days ago
  • The Seli1 is stranded off the Blouberg coast. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Conservationists on standby at Seli1 detonation

    The Seli1 will finally be moved after it ran aground 3 years ago & caused 2 oil spills.

    2962 days ago
  • Clean up operations are underway on Bloubergstrand on 3 September 2012 after the wreck of the Seli 1 leaked more oil. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Seli 1 'must go'

    The Turkish bulk carrier that ran aground in Bloubergstrand three years ago has still not been removed.

    2963 days ago
  • The wreck of the Seli 1 oil tanker. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN.

    Transport dept. to fund Seli 1 removal

    The shipwrecked Seli 1will no longer be an eyesore off the coast of Blouberg in the Western Cape.

    3149 days ago
  • One of 56 penguins housed at Sancobb after the September 2012 Seli 1 oil leak being washed on 5 September 2012. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Over 70 penguins rescued after oil spill

    Efforts to remove oil from more than 70 African penguins are underway in Cape Town.

    3152 days ago
  • The wreck of the Seli 1 broke into pieces in September 2011, spilling oil onto Cape Town beaches. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Funding needed to salvage Seli 1

    The City of CPT has welcomed the Transport Department’s decision to seek funding for Seli 1.

    3152 days ago
  • Rescued penguins recover at the Sancobb seabird centre in Cape Town on 3 September 2012 after another oil leak from the wreck of the Seli 1 off Bloubergstrand. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Bird group rushes to save African penguins

    Almost two dozen penguins have been rescued after an oil slick in Bloubergstrand.

    3153 days ago
  • Rescued penguins recover at the Sancobb seabird centre in Cape Town on 3 September 2012 after another oil leak from the wreck of the Seli 1 off Bloubergstrand. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Oiled African penguins rescued in CT

    At least 15 African penguins have been rescued off the Bloubergstrand coast.

    3154 days ago
  • Seli 1 broke into three parts due to bad weather conditions 31 August 2012 off the Bloubergstrand coast. Picture: EWN

    Seli 1 clean-up operation resumes

    Officials are busy with the clean-up operation following an oil spill off the Bloubergstrand coast.

    3154 days ago
  • The wreck of the Seli 1 broke into pieces in September 2011, spilling oil onto Cape Town beaches. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    City cleans up Seli 1 oil spill

    Disaster response teams will on Monday begin cleaning up the oil spill from the Seli 1.

    3154 days ago
  • The wreck of the Seli 1 broke into pieces in September 2011, spilling oil onto Cape Town beaches. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    CT wants answer on Seli 1

    Swells caused Seli 1 to break into three this week, triggering an oil spill onto Cape Town‘s beaches.

    3155 days ago
  • The wreck of the Seli 1 oil tanker. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN.

    Oil spillage upsets CT beachgoers

    Beachgoers in Cape Town say a solution must be found to remove a threatening shipwreck in Table View.

    3155 days ago
  • A Japanese fishing trawler ran aground at a Clifton beach on 12 May 2012. Picture: Chanel September/EWN

    Seli-1 to be removed in 2013

    Samsa said it expected the stricken Seli-1 to be removed from the horizon at Bloubergstrand in 2013.

    3244 days ago
  • The Eihatsu Maru stranded on Clifton beach. Picture: Aletta Gardener/EWN

    Officials to refloat stranded trawler

    Rescue officials are expected to try refloating the Japanese trawler stranded on Clifton's First Beach.

    3265 days ago
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