Flashback in maritime history – RENA oil spill 5th Oct 2011 (video)
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) On October 5, 2011, an oil spill began off the coast of New Zealand that would become what many describe as the country’s worst maritime environmental disaster. When the MV Rena container ship (owned by Greek shipping company Costamare Inc.) ran aground on Astrolabe Reef 12 miles off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, a leak…