The company appeared in Tauranga District Court on Oct 26, 2012, and pleaded guilty to a charge under the Resource Management Act. Maritime New Zealand welcomed the guilty plea by the registered owners of the cargo ship, which caused the country's biggest maritime environmental disaster when spilling oil into the sea after grounding on the Astrolabe Reef.
According to Maritime New Zealand the "Rena" was carrying a variety of materials defined under the Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 as harmful substances or contaminants. They included heavy fuel oil and other oils, and 32 containers of dangerous goods, including 40 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide, 23 tonnes of alkylsulphonic acid, 500 tonnes of ferro-silicon, 5.4 tonnes of trichloroisocyanuric acid, and 24 tonnes of potassium nitrate.
Other substances carried on board defined as harmful include bulk wine and operational waste. Items aboard classified as contaminants included animal pelts, dairy products, fabrics, cement and machinery parts. A total of 121 containers of perishable foodstuffs were also on board.
Source : SN-TR.
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