Tag: New Zealand

An employee who was seriously injured after falling through an open hatch on the 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 Court.

The Maritime Union of New Zealand is backing a global worker-led campaign to reduce emissions in the shipping industry to net zero by 2050.

Celebrating the World Maritime Day, New Zealand says that focussing on seafarers is even more important given the current global context.

Maritime NZ has recently filed charges against Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) and an individual in relation to the death of a port worker almost a year ago.

New Zealand updated legislation to enable maritime levies on vessels visiting its ports to help fund seafarer welfare services.

Maritime NZ have just released for public consultation the draft Marine Protection Rules to support the implementation of MARPOL Annex VI.

New Zealand's Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker says the Government is considering if "higher levels of compulsion" are necessary to ensure port workers get vaccinated.

Effective from 1st July, the New Zealand government has updated its Maritime Transport Act 1994 to allow maritime levies to fund seafarer welfare services for the purposes of the MLC. 

New Zealand has changed the Maritime Border Order (MBO) in force, related to the display of signage signifying a vessel’s quarantine status.

One worker died and another two were injured after a tornado hit a shipping container yard at New Zealand's Ports of Auckland on Saturday morning.