Tag: New Zealand

AMSA informed that vessels navigating in Australian and New Zealand waters can now access a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) called SouthPAN.

Ports in New Zealand and Australia refused port calls to the cruise ship Viking Orion due to biofouling problems.

Safety on ports at New Zealand took an important step forward when employers, unions, the Port Industry Association and government regulators, working together as the Port Health and Safety Leadership Group, published detailed guidelines for setting up a fatigue risk management system.

The sole director of K.R Tong Engineering Limited, was sentenced in the Napier District Court for failing to comply with his duties, exposing individuals to a risk of death or serious injury or illness.

A failure to keep watch nearly had disastrous results on the ocean off the Bay of Plenty coast, New Zealand, as the near 20 metre fishing vessel, FV Commission, collided with a 266m container ship, the Kota Lembah, on July 2021.

A report into the failed Ports of Auckland automation project found that management, governance, and other key factors were poor.

New Zealand's MOVE Logistics Group plans to order a new coastal RORO vessel capable of running on methanol fuel.

Five people died on September 10 in New Zealand after a small charter boat they were on capsized in what could be a collision with a whale.

Police officers will meet the bulker Berge Rishiri in Napier on August 29, after a crew member presumably fell overboard while it was off the east coast of the South Island.

New Zealand's TAIC published its investigation report on the general cargo vessel Kota Bahagia, that experienced a fire in the cargo hold, making the crew to evacuate the ship immediately.