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Seafarers can ring-fence old domestic tickets
Monday, 29 August 2016, 1:29 pm | Maritime New Zealand
It is now easier for seafarers with most old and legacy tickets to continue working More >>
CEs commit to code for safer shipping in ports and harbours
Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 3:27 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Chief executives of New Zealand’s port companies, councils and Maritime New Zealand willtomorrow (August 18) commit to a revised, national port and harbour marine code to make shipping in commercial harbours safer. More >>
Solo yachtie rescued off Tauranga
Wednesday, 10 August 2016, 11:38 am | Maritime New Zealand
10 August 2016 A 55-year-old solo yachtsman has been rescued overnight after his yacht’s steering failed 70km north east of Tauranga. The man, sailing from Auckland to Dunedin in the 8.8m motor yacht Windsong, activated his distress beacon (EPIRB) ... More >>
New health and safety guide for mariners
Friday, 24 June 2016, 1:39 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ has developed two new publications aimed at increasing maritime operators’ understanding of their health and safety obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 2015. More >>
97 percent of NZ trade is transported by ship, and going up
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 2:59 pm | Maritime New Zealand
“The maritime industry is indispensable to New Zealand,” Director of Maritime New Zealand, Keith Manch said today. More >>
Ring-fencing supported as SeaCert submissions flow in
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 2:52 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ has received around 350 submissions on proposed changes to rules on seafarer certification that would allow holders of many older certificates to continue working without transitioning to the new SeaCert system. More >>
Ports of Auckland fined after stevedore injured in fall
Monday, 20 June 2016, 11:14 am | Maritime New Zealand
Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) has been fined $49,980 and ordered to pay $12,000 in reparations after a stevedore employed by the company fell nearly 3m off the unguarded edge of a hatch lid, leaving him temporarily unconscious and fracturing his elbow. More >>
Search for missing sailor suspended
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 2:30 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has suspended the search for the sailor lost overboard from the yacht Platino on Monday morning, 550km north of New Zealand. More >>
Remaining crew rescued from stricken yacht
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 3:21 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Two men and a woman have been rescued from their battered yacht, Platino , around 550 kilometres north of New Zealand by the crew of the container ship Southern Lily . More >>
Container ship joins rescue effort
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 10:01 am | Maritime New Zealand
A container ship is re-routing to assist three people aboard the battered yacht, Platino , 550 kilometres north of New Zealand - after a crewman was lost overboard and another died when hit by rigging yesterday morning. More >>
Search for sailor lost overboard 550km north of NZ
Monday, 13 June 2016, 5:33 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A search is underway for a sailor lost overboard from a yacht 550km (300 nautical miles) north of New Zealand. More >>
Talley's ordered to pay $94,000 after death of crewman
Thursday, 9 June 2016, 3:38 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Nelson-based fishing company Talley’s Group Ltd has been fined $73,520 and ordered to pay $21,000 in reparations to the family of a crewman decapitated when a broken rope snapped back while hauling in a net full of tuna. More >>
Maritime NZ secures better deal for NZ shippers
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 1:02 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand has successfully lobbied at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for flexibility in introducing new regulations for verifying container weights – and that will benefit our exporters. More >>
One more week to have your say on SeaCert
Monday, 30 May 2016, 4:07 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Nearly 250 seafarers around the country have so far attended public meetings to discuss proposals for changes to SeaCert certification rules. More >>
Delays in calling for help cost lives at sea
Monday, 30 May 2016, 11:37 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand is warning professional seafarers and recreational boaties – if in trouble don’t delay, activate your distress beacon or call for help! More >>
New harbourmaster appointed for Port of Taharoa
Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 3:46 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand has appointed Captain Jon Jon () Peters as harbourmaster for the Port of Taharoa. More >>
Six-minute search saves two lost fishermen, 480km from land
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 4:08 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Two Kiribati fishermen missing for five days in a 4.5m open boat have been found just six minutes into the search of more than 43,000 square kilometers of ocean. More >>
Old salts may have tickets preserved
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 10:43 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) is proposing to make some changes that will preserve some of the romance of the sea by allowing seafarers to continue to use certificates (tickets) with such names as Master Small Home Trade Ship, Master River Ship, and ... More >>
Consultation on proposed changes to seafarer certification
Monday, 2 May 2016, 2:35 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ wants to hear from seafarers and others in the maritime industry about proposed changes to the SeaCert seafarer certification framework that would make it easier for those with some older certificates to continue working. More >>
New satellite system saves the day (light)
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 1:56 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A new search and rescue satellite system covering New Zealand has only been operating in test mode for three days, but has already enabled the potentially life-saving rescue of an injured tramper in the Tararua Ranges. More >>
