Braemar Howells is to complete its work on the clean-up and of the wreck of the 3,352-TEU Rena which ran aground on the New Zealand coast in October 2011.
Salvagers recover 1,007 of 1,368 boxes aboard Rena as NZ cleanup ends
SALVAGE company Braemar Howells is to complete its work on the clean-up and of the wreck of the 3,352-TEU Rena which ran aground on the Astrolabe reef of the New Zealand coast in October 2011.
Salvagers recovered 1,007 containers from a total of 1,368 containers aboard the MSC-chartered ship before the accident when the ship made a course change en route to the Port of Tauranga, resulting in New Zealand's worst oil spill of 1,300 tonnes bunker fuel.
The Greek shipowner, Athens-based Costamare's subsidiary Daina Shipping, was fined NZ$300,000 (US$247,000) by a Tauranga District Court after pleading guilty to negligence charges.
The captain and one officer, convicted of endangering life and property and falsifying ship records, have since been released from jail after serving half their sentences, which is customary in New Zealand.
According to London-based Braemar Shipping Services (BSS) it has made GBP18.4 million (US$29.15 million) to date on the salvage job.
Resolve Fire and Salvage, a division of Resolve Marine Group, has been working on the removal of the Rena and Braemar Howells/Unimar on collecting debris from the seabed and beaches.
