Stock Photo - Northern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes moseleyi covered in spilled fuel oil from the wreck of the MS Oliva on Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean MORE INFO At 04:30 on March 16th, 2011 The 75,300 Tonne bulk carrier 225m in length, beam 32m MS Oliva ran aground at Spinners Point on Nightingale Island The vessel was commissioned in 2009, registered in Malta, and carrying a cargo of soy beans All 22 crew members were safely rescued and transferred to the MS Edinburgh Fuel oil leaking from the ship posed a severe threat to local wildlife on Nightingale A study in 2009 showed that the northern rockhopper penguin has declined by 90 since the 1950´s For this reason this penguin is classified as an endangered species