Authorities in New Caledonia have approved a plan to take fuel and lubricants off a new Lomar Shipping boxship that grounded on a reef on 12 July.

The company told TradeWinds that salvage company Ardent has assembled experts and equipment to safely move the 2,194-teu Kea Trader (built 2017) in the South Pacific, but admitted the operation would be a "lengthy process."