Rena wreck becomes second-most expensive ever
The wreck of container ship Rena off the coast of New Zealand steps prominently into statistics as the second-most expensive shipwreck ever, surpassed only by the Costa Concordia incident.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN
The salvage of wrecked container ship Rena has become the second-most expensive salvage operation in history, reports IHS Maritime. It cost a total USD 317.2 million to salvage and empty the container ship after it ran ashore a reef off Tauranga in New Zealand in 2011.
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