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‘No excuses’ fines for no lifejackets and speeding boats
Thursday, 20 October 2016, 11:03 am | Maritime New Zealand
As part of Safer Boating Week (October 14-21), Maritime NZ and Regional Councils have announced eight councils will be trialing a “no excuses” policy for recreational boaties not carrying or wearing lifejackets and those who speed on the water. More >>
Big spike in boating numbers brings important safety message
Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 9:56 am | Maritime New Zealand
New research released today during Safer Boating Week (October 14-21) suggests 51 percent of New Zealanders might have taken to the water in recreational boats last summer (2015-16). More >>
Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Tuesday, 18 October 2016, 10:43 am | Maritime New Zealand
Bob Dylan may have just won a Nobel Prize for Literature but when it comes to safer boating advice, you’re far better off with Kiwi music legend Neil Finn. More >>
$470,000 for safer boating grants
Monday, 17 October 2016, 11:05 am | Maritime New Zealand
As part of Safer Boating Week (October 14-21) Maritime NZ has announced $470,000 dollars in grants – a major increase in national funding for recreational boating programmes, More >>
New boating safety videos and guide
Saturday, 15 October 2016, 10:02 pm | Maritime New Zealand
As part of Safer Boating Week (October 14-21) the first of three new safer boating videos and a new safety guide were launched today (Saturday October 15). The Chair of the Safer Boating Forum*, Maritime NZ Deputy Director Lindsay Sturt, said the ... More >>
Safer Boating Week begins today
Friday, 14 October 2016, 11:22 am | Maritime New Zealand
To highlight the tragedy of those who die in recreational boating accidents, the Safer Boating Forum* traditionally starts Safer Boating Week (October 14-21) with a wharf jump in Wellington, and this year also in Auckland. More >>
International convention will make fishing safer
Monday, 10 October 2016, 11:37 am | Maritime New Zealand
New Zealand is adopting international rules on certification for commercial fishermen, aimed at making fishing safer and ensuring New Zealand fishers will have their tickets recognised internationally. More >>
Ring-fencing goes live
Friday, 30 September 2016, 12:58 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Seafarers can now ring-fence most old and legacy tickets - for free - keeping them valid for life without the cost of moving into the new seafarer certification framework, SeaCert. More >>
Maritime VHF radio delivered to yacht Luna
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 5:33 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) is delivering a maritime VHF radio to the skipper of the yacht Luna , which had been the subject of a search and rescue operation. More >>
Missing yacht Luna found
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 4:57 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The 22-foot yacht Luna missing off the east coast of the North Island has been found by a Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter. More >>
Have you seen the missing yacht Luna?
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 11:39 am | Maritime New Zealand
The Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ) is asking the public for information about an overdue 22-foot yacht, Luna . More >>
Small maritime businesses getting bigger
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 9:29 am | Maritime New Zealand
The first report of its kind shows New Zealand’s small businesses (0-19 employees) engaged in fishing, off-shore aquaculture, and water transport are small but starting to get bigger. More >>
Two men rescued from upturned Chatham Islands fishing boat
Sunday, 4 September 2016, 6:21 pm | Maritime New Zealand
It took just 27 minutes for two men to be rescued from an upturned Chatham Islands commercial fishing vessel 1.8km south of Pitt Island this morning after they activated a distress beacon (Saturday, 3 September). The two crew of the 11m Flynny set off ... More >>
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 >>
