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Stevedoring Company Fined $90,000 For Dropping Excavator Overboard
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 3:23 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A Tauranga-based stevedoring company has been ordered to pay a fine of $90,000 and costs of $20,000 for safety failings which resulted in an excavator being dropped overboard from a logging ship in 2018. C3 Limited had previously pleaded guilty to ... More >>
Know The Risks On The Water This Waitangi Weekend
Friday, 4 February 2022, 11:08 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand is urging those heading out on the water to prepare for changing weather and water conditions this long weekend. Waitangi Weekend is historically popular for people in New Zealand to get out onto the water for a range of activities, ... More >>
Maritime NZ Urges Nelson Water Users To Put Safety First On Anniversary Weekend
Friday, 28 January 2022, 8:03 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ is urging Nelson-Tasman boaties to make safety a priority this Anniversary Weekend. Acting Southern Compliance Manager John Drury says it will be busy with boaties, swimmers, jetskis and paddleboarders sharing the water. This weekend, Maritime ... More >>
Maritime NZ Reminds Wellington Water-users To Prioritise Safety This Holiday Weekend
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 12:10 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ is urging Wellingtonians to make safety a priority if they’re in or on the water this holiday weekend. The call comes after Wellington was over-represented in Water Safety NZ’s drowning death statistics for 2021 with 12 fatalities – ... More >>
Maritime NZ: Skipper Fined $1,500 For Failure To Notify Maritime NZ Of Serious Injury
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 3:33 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A commercial fishing skipper, Reginald Stephens, has been fined $1,500 by the Nelson District Court for failing to notify Maritime NZ of serious injury on board a ship. Mr Stephens was convicted of failure to comply with the Maritime Transport Act, which ... More >>
The Tuna Fishing Company Fined $6,500 For Operating A Boat Before Certificate Of Survey Issued
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:38 am | Maritime New Zealand
The Tuna Fishing Company Limited has been fined $6,500 for operating a vessel commercially before its certificate of survey was issued. The Judge also ordered The Tuna Fishing Company to pay costs of $668.56 to Maritime NZ and $130 in court costs. Maritime ... More >>
New Zealand’s Ports Need To Work Together – And Move Into Coastal Shipping
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 8:46 am | Maritime New Zealand
As supply chain pressures continue to build, a leading New Zealand transport union says immediate action is required. Maritime Union of New Zealand National Secretary Craig Harrison says the causes have been identified, and now innovative solutions ... More >>
Maritime NZ: Skipper Ordered To Pay Reparation Of $10,400 After Collision With Kayaker
Friday, 26 November 2021, 3:04 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A man has been ordered to pay reparation of $10,400 by the Whanganui District Court for a jet boat collision with a solo kayaker on the Whanganui River in November 2020. The Court did not impose a fine due to the financial capacity of the defendant. Maritime ... More >>
Maritime NZ: Enhancing Our Submarine Cable And Pipeline Protection Areas Guidance
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 9:52 am | Maritime New Zealand
Whether you are a commercial operator or recreational boatie, it is essential that you avoid New Zealand’s submarine (undersea) cable and pipeline protection areas (CPAs). Submarine cables and pipelines carry our electricity, national and international ... More >>
Maritime NZ: Southern Discoveries Fined $160,000 For Open Hatch Injury
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 10:09 am | Maritime New Zealand
An employee who was seriously injured falling through an open hatch on passenger vessel, The Spirit of Queenstown , has led to tourism company, Southern Discoveries Limited, being fined $160,000, and ordered to pay costs by the Queenstown District ... More >>
Maritime NZ Launches Latest No Excuses On-water Boating Safety Campaign
Friday, 22 October 2021, 10:29 am | Maritime New Zealand
Recreational boaties on the water, who are not wearing lifejackets or travelling at a safe speed, should expect to be questioned by harbourmasters and Maritime NZ as the annual No Excuses on-water compliance campaign gets underway. The campaign, ... More >>
Maritime NZ 6-year Review Of Recreational Boating Fatalities Released
Monday, 18 October 2021, 1:13 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The importance of wearing a lifejacket on a boat and planning for the unexpected has been highlighted in a report evaluating the key contributing factors into 92 recreational boating accidents between January 2015 and December 2020. The accidents ... More >>
Maritime NZ: Auckland Boaties Encouraged To Know The Rules Of Safer Boating And COVID-19
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 1:53 pm | Maritime New Zealand
With Auckland’s three-step plan for easing COVID-19 restrictions underway, and school holidays in progress, Maritime NZ is expecting boaties to make the most of it. For a safe and enjoyable day out on the water, we are urging everyone to know ... More >>
Maritime NZ: Reflecting On Ten Years Since The Rena Grounding And Oil Spill Response
Friday, 1 October 2021, 9:58 am | Maritime New Zealand
It is almost ten years since the Liberian-flagged MV Rena hit Ōtāiti - Astrolabe Reef, off the Bay of Plenty coast in the early hours of 5 October 2011. “The Rena response was unprecedented in its scale and complexity and we are better prepared ... More >>
$500,000 Fine And Reparation After Death On Sanford Fishing Vessel
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 10:32 am | Maritime New Zealand
The death of a crew member on the factory fishing vessel, San Granit , has led to fishing company, Sanford Limited, being fined $375,000, and ordered to pay $121,860 reparations to family and $35,000 costs by the Timaru District Court. Sanford pleaded ... More >>
Maritime NZ Supports Cook Islands With Safety Campaign
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 9:56 am | Maritime New Zealand
New Zealand maritime safety advisors will be on deck alongside their Cook Islands colleagues to help ensure their tourist boats are ready for a big influx of visitors over the next few months. The Pacific Maritime Safety Programme (PMSP) is sending ... More >>
Don’t Be A Casualty This Winter
Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 2:47 pm | Maritime New Zealand
With as many Kiwi boaties dying in winter as in summer, Maritime NZ is urging all those headed out on the water to be prepared for the changing conditions winter can bring. Whether you are kayaking, paddle boarding, jet skiing, fishing or yachting, ... More >>
Search And Rescue Teams Receive National Award For Perilous High-altitude Rescue
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 12:47 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A night time high-altitude rescue mission in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park to retrieve two trapped climbers has seen local rescue crews awarded a Certificate of Achievement at the New Zealand Search and Rescue (NZSAR) Awards last night (Tuesday, ... More >>
KiwiRail Spends More Than $335,000 In Enforceable Undertaking After Incident On Interislander Ferry
Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:38 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) from KiwiRail which will spend $335,746, plus financial amends and costs of support to the victim, as the result of an incident on the Kaiarahi Interislander ferry in April 2019. Maritime ... More >>
New Requirements For Pleasure Craft Departing Overseas
Friday, 30 April 2021, 1:03 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Yachting New Zealand has been working with Maritime New Zealand to clarify the process skippers must undertake to best prepare their vessels before heading overseas. Under Section 21 of the Maritime Transport Act, New Zealand-registered ... More >>
