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Officers jailed after oil ship runs aground

The captain and the navigator of a ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year in the country’s worst maritime environmental disaster were today each jailed for seven months.

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Grounded cargo ship breaks up on NZ reef

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Cargo ship breaks in two on New Zealand reef

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Oil salvaged from sticken vessel off New Zealand

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Salvage crew boards stricken ship

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New Zealand court charges oil-spill captain

Oil spill is New Zealand's 'worst maritime disaster'

An oil spill from a container ship stuck on a reef off New Zealand’s coast is the country’s worst environmental maritime disaster, a government minister said today.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2011

Oil from stuck ship reaches beach

Small amounts of oil from a container ship stuck on a reef has started washing up at a popular New Zealand beach today, while work to extract oil from the vessel was called off because of weather concerns.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2011

Oil to be pumped from stricken New Zealand ship

An operation to extract oil from a container ship that is stranded on a reef near New Zealand is set to begin.

Sun, 09 Oct, 2011