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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 1 year ago
Guilty pleas from the two officers arrested in the wake of the Rena grounding could jeopardise the government's chances in a civil case against the ship's owner, a maritime lawyer says. Nelson shipping law expert Peter Dawson said it could also...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 1 year ago
A 21-year-old citizen of Kazakhstan who entered the U.S. on a student visa has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting money laundering. Federal officials in the Southern District of Texas announced the plea by Alexey Li on Friday...Court documents...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
Weather threatens to stir up Rena wreck Newstalk ZB March 2, 2012, 1:30 pm Preparations are being made in case the severe weather forecast for the weekend stirs things up around the Rena wreck. Winds gusting up to 50 knots and swells of over 5m are...
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New Zealand Herald
| 1 year ago
A joint lawsuit against Costamare Shipping was the likely option for around 20 businesses, groups and individuals directly affected in the aftermath of the container ship's grounding on the Astrolabe Reef last year, Rena Business Compensation Group...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
Compensation sought for Rena disaster Newstalk ZB Updated March 2, 2012, 6:50 am A Bay of Plenty group has met to discuss getting compensation for the Rena disaster. Around 30 people made up of business owners, iwi, environmentalists, a scientist and...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
February 29, 2012 The captain and navigating officer of the Rena cargo ship pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the majority of charges involving the vessel running aground on a reef in New Zealand last year, spilling hundreds of tons of oil into the...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
Businesses seek to sue Costamare in Europe NZ Newswire March 1, 2012, 8:51 am More than 20 Bay of Plenty businesses may take the Rena's owners to court in Europe seeking compensation for their losses. They may be able to sue Greek shipping company...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
The captain and second officer of a cargo ship which grounded off New Zealand last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to causing the country's biggest ever sea pollution disaster, officials said. The officers were in charge of the Liberian-flagged Rena...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Crew members of New Zealand reef ship plead guilty Salvage operations are ongoing on the wreck of the Rena The captain and navigating officer of a cargo ship which ploughed into a reef off New Zealand last October have pleaded guilty to a series of...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size The Filipino captain and second officer of a container ship wrecked on a reef off a popular New Zealand holiday spot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades, maritime officials said.
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
New Zealand The captain and the navigating officer of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to a series of charges. The men were responsible for the sailing path of the vessel Rena on Oct. 5 when it...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
Rena skipper admits charges NZ Newswire February 29, 2012, 11:23 am The skipper of the Rena has pleaded guilty to all the charges he faces following the disastrous grounding of the cargo ship off the Tauranga coast. The 44-year-old captain and...
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Wellington Dominion
| 1 year ago
The captain of the cargo ship which grounded on a reef off Tauranga last year has pleaded guilty to all charges against him. The Rena hit the Astrolabe Reef in October last year, causing an environmental disaster, spilling oil and containers into the...
