JOC Staff | Oct 26, 2012 11:09AM EDT
Daina Shipping, the registered owner of the container ship Rena, was today fined NZ$300,000 (about US$246,667) in the Tauranga District Court in New Zealand, after entering a guilty plea to a charge relating to the discharge of harmful substances, following the grounding and subsequent sinking of Rena off the coast of New Zealand in October 2011.
The company was charged under sections 338(1B) and 15B of the Resource Management Act 1991.
Rena was carrying a variety of materials defined under New Zealand's Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 as contaminants, including heavy fuel oil and other oils; 32 containers of dangerous goods, including 500 tons of ferrosilicon, 40 tons of hydrogen peroxide and more; and other items, such as cement, machinery parts and other products.