The captain and navigation officer of the grounded Costamare boxship Rena have been jailed for seven months in New Zealand.



Master Mauro Balomaga and colleague Leonil Relon lost their court-imposed anonymity as the verdicts were handed down in Tauranga District Court on Friday.



In late February, Balomaga pleaded guilty to all charges against him, while Relon admitted all charges, except a Resource Management Act (RMA) charge on which he entered no plea.

Both men were accused of operating a vessel in a manner likely to cause danger, discharging a contaminant and three instances of altering ship documents.



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