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MARITIME NZ INCIDENT REPORTS The summaries in the following text are as reported by the person advising Maritime New Zealand of the accident or incident in question and may not necessarily be in accord with the findings of Maritime New Zealand following subsequent investigation. Appropriate care should be taken when interpreting the relevant text. Maritime New Zealand accepts no liability for the accuracy or otherwise of information provided to it by any party involved in any incident reported below or any third party providing such information. This report only includes those accidents reported before that date. For that reason this report does not necessarily include all reported accidents for the month and is not suitable for statistical or analytical purposes. COMPLAINT HALTS ACCIDENT EARLY INFORMATION: Readers will have noticed a number of changes to the way we report maritime incidents over the past two issues. This is because Maritime New Zealand are reviewing this early release of information following a complaint from an aggrieved party suggesting the information is not factually correct. First, I have to say that the information published comes from the initial report filed with Maritime NZ in accordance with the law. Frequently we see non-reporting by the other affected or aggrieved party, which is contrary to the Maritime Transport Act. On a positive note, it is through publication of these early reports that the wider maritime industry has either received a timely reminder, or early warning: ���But for the grace of God go I���. We have been publishing these reports since the inception of the new Maritime Safety Authority ten years ago in 2002, resulting in valuable early safety lessons for our maritime industry, whereas waiting for official investigation reports can take years, when memories are lost along with valuable safety lessons of the day. The following letter is from Maritime NZ and I would ask readers who see a safety value in publishing these reports to let us know. Ed��� MONTHLY SUMMARIES Dear Sir Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has for some time provided your readers with copies of the commercial accident notifications that we receive pursuant to section 31 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994. We have recently received a complaint querying the basis upon which we provide that information to you. In order for us to fully consider the complaint it requires us to reconsider the basis upon which we have been providing the information and whether there are any legal limitations that restrict what we can provide or restrict the scope of what we provide. We are currently completing our internal review of that complaint. In the meantime we regret to advise that we cannot provide you with any notification information this month. We are endeavouring to reach a final decision on this matter shortly. We will advise you of our decision. Harry Hawthorn, General Manager, Maritime Compliance Vessel identifiers are generally the six digit Maritime New Zealand number.Where that is not available it is the seven digit IMO number. If both numbers are provided the six digit Maritime NZ number is used. We hope this is adequate information for the purposes that readers require of a Maritime New Zealand Incident report. 131066, Jet Boat (SOP), 7.3m September 1, Canterbury, Equipment failure Vessel, with 11 passengers on board was travelling upstream when a rattle was heard at the turn around point. Skipper looked in engine bay but could not see anything obvious, and couldn���t hear anything wrong any more.The trip continued, heading downstream and taking things a bit easy. Skipper also radioed base to stand by as he wasn���t sure all was right. The noise was heard again.The vessel was parked up as soon as the skipper found a safe spot. Base was radioed and a chopper was dispatched to pick up the passenger.The passengers were helicoptered out in two trip and the vessel was towed back to the launch site. 100311, NZ Passenger (SSM), 9.45m September 2, Auckland, Grounding Broad reach, sailed inside starboard lateral mark, contact with rock, start engine, motor off, inspect bilge for water ingress. Continue on passage back to port. 129343, Passenger, 23.38m September 3, Bay of Islands, Contact, Hit submerged object The vessel was on the scheduled afternoon trip.There was a skipper and two crew on board with nine passengers. At approximately 1520 the skipper made the decision to take the vessel into a Passage.The skipper entered the area at slow speed and then went to neutral and drifted to give commentary on the area. Shortly after a crunching noise was heard with the lifting and dropping of the vessel in the swell onto a rock. It was initially thought to be on the starboard side, so the skipper then reversed with the port engine and heard a further crunch, then went back to neutral on port and astern on starboard, shortly after the vessel was free. A vibration was then felt on the port side when in gear so was then left in neutral.The nine passengers were transferred to another vessel and returned back to port.The vessel then went to anchor at another nearby bay so that divers could then check and assess for damage. Damage was found on the outer edges of the port propeller.The vessel has since been removed from the water and the propellers replaced for a spare set. 129844, Jet Boat (SOP), 5m September 3, Otago, Hit submerged object Heading downstream driver became off line, touched submerged rock in the flow. Pulled vessel up to check damage, minor cosmetic damage, boat all ok to continue trip. 100790, NZ Cargo (NZISM), 94.52m September 4, Canterbury, Equipment failure Main seawater cooling pipe failed prior to standby. Main Engines shutdown and Sea suctions closed. Ingress of water stopped. Sailing cancelled and vessel returned to shore power. DPA, technical superintendent informed. Labour arranged to effect repair to pipe on 05/09/12. Port authority informed about incident and vessel disabled until repair completed. 134113, NZ Fishing (SSM), 20m September 5, 30�� 00��� S 180�� 00��� E, Equipment failure Hauling fishing gear, loss of steering. 9436434, Cargo Ship, 231m September 6, Hawkes Bay, Equipment failure Whilst departing from port both manropes for the pilot ladder on the vessel broke whilst testing. 9334519, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 213m September 8, Bay of Plenty, Structural failure. Lifting/cargo gear failure Damage occurred while a reefer container was being loaded into bay 22.The shore crane gear box sustained catastrophic failure and the container fell 4-5m onto the hatch lid. Centre hatch lid sustained minor damage.This damage consisted of 3 small dents caused by container corner castings. Dents measured as 5mm deep. At no time was anyone in danger as personnel were standing clear of load as per SOP���s. 125546, Jet Boat (SOP), 6m September 9, Otago, Contact Three jet boats were sitting stationary during the halfway point of a trip on the river.Vessels one and two were sitting beside each other facing up stream with vessel three behind them.Vessel three powered up heading up stream on the port side of vessel two to reposition above vessels one and three.Vessel two was drifting down stream slightly and vessel one drifted to the port side in front of vessel two so its passengers could also take photos of vessel two. As vessel three came up stream the driver momentarily lost sight of vessel one behind vessel two.The driver of vessel one saw vessel three coming upstream and started to reverse to get out of the way.The driver of vessel three did not see vessel one in time as his line of sight was affected by vessel two, and although he took evasive action, the vessels came into contact causing minor damage.The vessels involved were visually assessed at the scene and continued with the trip. 121886, NZ Fishing (SSM), 55.74m September 9, Otago, Contact Vessel was under the control of the Pilot.: Minimum pitch and dead slow ahead and turning to Starboard into Berth; wind was moderate to strong southerly and sea southerly streaming pushing vessel to berth. Starboard anchor was at the ready and dropped and a hard to port ordered, but conditions pushing vessel into wharf hitting a bollard and damaging vessel starboard bow. 125101, NZ Non-passenger (SSM), 5.85m September 11, Canterbury, Extreme vessel movement, propeller entangled Sudden gust of wind caused boat to cross over crab trap line as it was being retrieved resulting in propeller of outboard catching trap and winding it up on propeller with resultant loss of propulsion. 102016, NZ Fishing (SSM), 64.5m September 12, At sea, Fire A fire broke out in the vessels meal bagging room. Crew attempted to extinguish it, but were unsuccessful.The Skipper assessed the situation and deemed unsafe for the crew to stay on board any longer. He gave the call to abandon ship. The crew boarded the vessels life rafts which were picked up by vessels standing by.The Skipper and Chief were successful in sealing the area on fire and effectively starving it of oxygen. The vessel was eventually towed to Port where the fire was completely extinguished. 101213, NZ Fishing (SSM), 14.23m September 13, Southland, Dragged anchor. Grounding In anchorage for night swell and wind built during night causing anchor to drag inshore vessel made contact with bottom bending propeller blade engine was started an anchor hauled vessel into deeper water vessel checked for leaks none found vessel resumed trip an was slipped on return to port were bent propeller blade was found. 121163, NZ Fishing (SSM), 11.8m September 15, Southland, Foundered A search was launched after the vessel failed to arrive at Milford Sound. A liferaft and debris has been located, however the two crew on board are missing. 100128, NZ Passenger (SSM), 50.84m September 15, Otago, Equipment failure The vessel was being prepared for a return voyage, and had been alongside for some time. Stoker 1 checked the port boiler gage glass.The water was not showing. He then called Stoker 2 (for this trip but also senior engineer).While he was on route, Stoker 1 checked the other glass which also had no water showing. Stoker 2 went and ascertained that there was water in the boiler above the firebox crown, and then instructed Stoker 1 to start the boiler feed water pump and draw the fires out.The duty engineer was on the wharf with the Master, and then heard the fire alarms.They investigated, and found the cause to be the fires being raked out onto the floor plates in front of the boilers. Once the boilers had no fire in them and water was being pumped into the feed tanks, the two stoker and duty engineer investigated, however loss of water not found. At 2245 the starboard boiler was reading 4 rivets from bottom of the glass. A fire was lit. 2300 - Port boiler was reading 1 rivet and rising. A fire was lit. 2320 starboard boiler fire spread out to make steam. 2340 Port boiler fire spread out to make steam,Water level 4 rivets from the top. 2345 warming steam put on to steam machinery. Aft feed pump started. 2355 engines started and warmed through.The vessel departed at 0015. 132818, Raft, 4.6m September 15, Bay of Plenty, Flip/Overturn The raft concerned was the second raft of a three raft trip. The first raft running safety cover at the bottom of the falls January/February 2013 Professional Skipper 79

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