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Rena captain and officer sent to jail
Oct 2011: MV Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, spilling its containers and 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel, the worst maritime environmental disaster in New Zealand.
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Oct 2011: MV Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, spilling its containers and 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel, the worst maritime environmental disaster in New Zealand.