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Maritime New Zealand - Latest News [Page 18]
5000 ring-fenced – only two months to go
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 12:48 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ is saving up to 200 ‘tickets’ each week as the 1 September deadline for ring-fencing approaches. More than 5000 seafarers have ring-fenced their older and legacy certificates so they can keep using them to work. “We’re in the home ... More >>
Be alert to “dangerous wrecks” and much more!
Friday, 30 June 2017, 11:46 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ will take over responsibility for issuing maritime navigational warnings to countries and vessels in the wider south west Pacific from mid-day today (Friday June 30). More >>
Where yachties come from
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 6:58 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Where yachties come from 29 June 2017 In a good summer about half of Kiwis take part in recreational boating and while yachties are not the biggest group, they are experienced and the most qualified on the water according to Maritime NZ statistics. More >>
Fishing Federation and Maritime NZ safety campaign
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 10:49 am | Maritime New Zealand
Today (June 1) Maritime NZ and the NZ Federation of Commercial Fishermen launch a safety campaign aimed at commercial fishing boat crews and operators. More >>
Fullers pays $130,000 after collision with wharf
Monday, 29 May 2017, 2:52 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Auckland ferry company, Fullers Group, has been fined $40,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $90,000 after passengers were injured when the Auckland ferry Kea collided with Victoria wharf at Devonport on 17 February 2015. More >>
US Coast Guard saves lives en-route to Honolulu
Friday, 26 May 2017, 10:08 am | Maritime New Zealand
Just a day after taking part in a multi-national rescue drill over Auckland Harbour, the crew of a US Coast Guard C-130 Hercules has helped save six Tongan fishermen while en-route home to Honolulu. More >>
Dramatic search and ‘rescue’ in Auckland Harbour
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 2:06 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A dramatic search and rescue demonstration will take place on Auckland Harbour from 2.30 pm tomorrow (Wednesday), involving a US Coastguard plane, a rescue helicopter winching people from the water and flares. More >>
Emergency details needed for rescue beacons
Monday, 22 May 2017, 1:37 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Search and rescue helicopter crews had only a signal location for each incident when responding to two separate rescue beacon alerts from South Island mountains yesterday afternoon. More >>
Preparation saves lives
Monday, 22 May 2017, 10:34 am | Maritime New Zealand
‘Prep, check, know’ to save your life if you’re heading out on the world’s biggest ocean, say experts attending the Pacific Search and Rescue (SAR) conference in Auckland (22-26 May). More >>
Pacific leaders strengthen search and rescue
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 12:52 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Pacific search and rescue leaders are meeting in Auckland (May 22-26) to strengthen search and rescue (SAR) across the region and save lives. Maritime NZ Director Keith Manch, who opens the conference on Monday, says it’s the first time New Zealand ... More >>
Consultation: Ships in polar waters and other rules
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 1:21 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has developed a new code for ships in polar waters, and made other changes to improve safety of ships, crew, and the environment. More >>
MNZ Consultation closes Sunday
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 12:20 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Consultation closes Sunday (May 14) on changes to six maritime rules, including one that would make automatic “float-free” emergency position- indicating radio beacons, EPIRB distress beacons, compulsory for more commercial fishing boats. More >>
Fisherman waving his paddles from life-raft
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 8:54 pm | Maritime New Zealand
25 April, 2017 3pm A man has been found in the middle of the Pacific Ocean waving his paddles from a life-raft, in a search coordinated by the Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand. RCCNZ Mission Coordinator Conrad Reynecke says a New Zealand ... More >>
Polish yachtie rescued by cargo ship
Sunday, 16 April 2017, 2:25 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The Polish round-the-world yachtsman whose yacht Regina R suffered steering failure on Thursday 2,700 kms east of New Zealand has been rescued by cargo ship the Key Opus and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) in an operation overseen by Rescue ... More >>
Straitsman first vessel certified under MLC
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 10:46 am | Maritime New Zealand
Cook Strait passenger ferry the Straitsman is the first New Zealand ship to be certified under the international Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). More >>
Excellent lifejacket compliance – keep it up at Easter
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 9:56 am | Maritime New Zealand
13 April 2017 Initial results from a new national on-the-water survey show 96 percent of boaties are following the lifejacket rules, and the Director of Maritime NZ, Keith Manch, is urging boaties to keep up the good work at Easter. More >>
Consultation: Compulsory “float-free” distress beacons?
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 1:35 pm | Maritime New Zealand
12 April 2017 Consultation begins tomorrow (April 13) on changes to six maritime rules, including one that would make automatic “float-free” emergency position-indicating radio beacons, EPIRB distress beacons, compulsory for more commercial fishing boats. More >>
NZ to protect seafarers’ safety and wellbeing
Friday, 17 February 2017, 2:06 pm | Maritime New Zealand
New Zealand will start enforcing the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) on 9 March – a move that will protect domestic and international seafarers and improve their safety and wellbeing onboard foreign-flagged and New Zealand ships. More >>
Cruise ship comes to rescue of sinking boat
Saturday, 4 February 2017, 8:19 pm | Maritime New Zealand
4 February 2017 (5:00pm) The crew of a cruise ship saved six men from a leaky Tongan fishing boat this afternoon, who had not had water for three days. More >>
Antarctic medical evacuation underway
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 11:19 am | Maritime New Zealand
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) is co-ordinating the urgent medevac of a 66-year-old woman from the Netherlands who suffered a suspected stroke on the cruise vessel, MV Ortelius, in Antarctic waters early on Monday morning. More >>
