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MARITIME NZ INCIDENT REPORTS contained the trip leader, a Grade 3 Guide and customers. The raft concerned flipped at the bottom of the Falls.The current pulled the guide away from the raft and it appears he hit the bottom of the river hard. He surfaced face down and unconscious and was quickly pulled into the first raft by the trip leader.The trip leader asked a customer to support the guide���s head while they paddled to sort out the upside down raft and customers. After righting and securing the upside down raft and getting the customers back in, the trip leader checked on the injured guide who was now conscious but confused. It is estimated he was unconscious for around 2 minutes. He appeared to be suffering from concussion as he was confused and disorientated. A decision was made to call an ambulance The inured guide was transferred by ambulance to Hospital where he was checked over, his grazes were cleaned and he needed a couple of stitches in a small cut on his upper lip and on the inside of his lower lip. He was kept for observation for a few hours and then released. 105992, Passenger, 17.26m September 16,Waikato, Contact, Structural Failure The crew notified the manager that water had pooled in bilge port side. Upon closer inspection damage was found on the port side above water line just forward of mid-ships.This is an impact which has forced the ply inward to rupture point. The ply has reformed to almost flat again but the rupture remains visible from the inside and is leaking sea water while under way.The vinyl graphics applied to the hull cover the damaged area and therefore is not clearly visible from the exterior.There are two impact damage points just below the deck level forward and aft of the damaged panel and there is a heavy scrape which has damaged the vinyl graphics from the damaged panel the full length of the vessel to the stern.There is evidence of damage to the aft lower beltings on both sides of the vessel.The vessel has been slipped and repairs are underway. 123201, NZ Cargo (NZISM), 96m September 17, Canterbury, Electrical Power Failure After departure from port the Duty Engineer prepared to change over generators to sea mode. He unloaded No.1 Generator and accidently tripped the shaft generator instead of No.1, causing a black out.The emergency generator came onto the emergency switchboard. Standby CPP, Gearbox Oil, and cooling freshwater pumps started correctly but fuel pumps which are not powered from emergency board did not, so they were forced to stop the main engine. Both main generators still running but they could not close the breakers.The 24v control voltage alarm had gone off.They were forced to stop the emergency generator and when they did that they were able to close main generator breakers and get power to main board. Restarted all required equipment, bleed gas from fuel system and restarted main engine at 2140 hour. Passage was resumed at 2200 hours and an electrical engineer has been engaged to meet the vessel when it arrived in port. 106157, NZ Passenger (SSM), 41m September 21, Auckland, Fire Deckhand advised Master that he could hear air compressor venting. Fire alarm sounded, smoke in steering flat. Engineer investigated and saw small flames from air compressor control box. Isolated power to compressor, flames extinguished. Passengers informed of situation throughout incident. No injuries.Vessel continued to port without further incident.The air compressor has been replaced. 134075, NZ Passenger (NZISM), 124.9m September 21, Cook Strait, Near Miss/Close Quarters Crossing situation, a foreign flagged vessel failed to give way. 130287, NZ Passenger (NZISM), 133m September 23, Marlborough, Equipment failure Vessel was on passage when the starboard main engine was shut down due to a fuel oil leak on the number two fuel pump.The vessel reversed its course intending to exit via the northern entrance.The leak was sourced to a pump barrel locking screw which was replaced.The starboard main engine was restarted and the vessel was turned to exit via the entrance. 105492, NZ Passenger (SSM), 20m September 24, Auckland, Equipment failure At 1810 hours, the engine smoke alarms came on. Deckhand advised that smoke was coming from under the starboard engine hatches.The deckhands moved passengers out to aft and then onto top deck muster station.The skipper immediately turned off engine with fire alarms sounding. He issued a MAYDAY on channel 16 due to passengers safety and sea conditions and fading light.They ventilated the cabin and the smoke cleared and the skipper could see the engine room through the engine room cameras.They proceeded to port on one engine with the support of Navy and Coastguard. 9285718, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 183m September 24,Taranaki, Equipment failure Vessel entered harbour at 5.5 knots, engines were stopped and when speed was down to about 5.2 knots, engines were ordered slow astern in order to stop the ship. After about 20 seconds master and half astern being ordered, master advised there was an engine failure. Forward starboard tug was ordered to full pull back, aft tug ordered to full push and vessel put into a starboard turn. Crew ordered to standby starboard anchor. After about another 80 Professional Skipper January/February 2013 half minute, vessel had slowed to about two knots and engine fired astern. Engine reportedly stopped again, but fired on second attempt. There were no further engine problems during the berthing. Not applicable, Zodiac, Not applicable September 25,Waiouru, Person overboard At the completion of an exercise, the soldiers were being transported from one side of the Lake to the other in five zodiacs.The deceased was sitting near the bow of one of the zodiacs when he fell out of the zodiac.Three soldiers dived in to find him but could not locate him.When they returned to the surface, two more soldiers dived in but still could not locate him. Emergency services were called and a search for the missing soldier was undertaken. His body was found seven days later. 124825, NZ Passenger (SSM), 32m September 25, Auckland, Mooring line failure. Contact Passengers disembarking vessel, deckhand at gangway aft, master and deckhand forward. master at controls asked deckhand to change steering from wheelhouse station to starboard wing station, deckhand has misheard and changed throttle and gear control from starboard station to wheelhouse station.Wheel house throttle and gear selector was in ahead position, which caused vessel to surge forward breaking aft mooring line and jamming and damaging passenger gangway, approximately five passengers were on gang way at the time. No injuries were reported.Vessel was made safe and unloading completed. 9145712, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 169.03m October 1, Bay of Plenty, Lifting/Cargo Gear Failure Putting a lift of logs on the starboard side deck # 3 hatch, as the heave was about to be landed the cranes runner wire unravelled causing the heave to drop. 131004, NZ Passenger (SSM), 573m October 1, Auckland, Propulsion Failure, Contact, Equipment Failure While approaching eastern berth on a flood tide, the vessel was lined up for flood tide approach. Not long after engaging starboard side (engines 3 & 4) in reverse, both engines stalled approximately 30 m away from the berth. Skipper had no choice but to slow the boat with port side in reverse which caused the bow to swing to port with the ramp finger making contact with poles. Engines were restarted from the engine room and the vessel brought back to the berth. Damage to ramp finger and slight damage to pole, both of which were minimal. 9107942, NZ Passenger, 177.34m October 2,Wellington, Near Miss The vessel was exiting the harbour and was advised on an inbound vessel.To allow the inbound vessel more room, the outgoing vessel transited west of the recommended outbound track, parallel to the line of the leads.The rear lead intensified sector was reported to be inoperative / at reduced intensity.The inbound vessel was observed approaching on track west of the line of the leads, on the recommended outbound track.The outgoing vessel contacted the pilot on board the inbound vessel who confirmed to be west of the leads and stated he was still lining up the vessel.The outgoing vessel changed heading to create more room as the inbound vessel was observed still continuing west of the line of the leads.The inbound vessel passed port to port at a distance of approximately 50-75 metres, still well west of line of the leads. 9116292, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 166m October 4, Bay of Plenty, Lifting/Cargo Gear Failure The crane wire on the number three ships crane failed while lifting a load totalling approximately 16 tonnes.There were no injuries or damage to the ship. 9326079, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 200m October 5, Canterbury, Contact On berthing the Port Company Coal Loader and the vessel came in contact. The Coal Loader is normally 0.5 metres to 1.0 metres clear of the hull. Coal Loader was out of position approximately 1.0 metres to 1.5 metres. Pilot/Master did not notice the Coal Loader was out of position until final stages of berthing. Action to minimise contact was taken and the vessel berthed after the Loader was raised to the correct position. Slight Damage to the vessel, being Top deck guardrail bent in 15 cm over 3 meters, two stanchion lights bent (cut to one lights wire). 10 cm cut in corner of steel bulkhead protecting vent fans. Damage to Coal Loader being investigated. No risk to personnel or environment 124661, NZ Passenger (SSM), 37.85m October 9, Auckland, Other The vessel was being loaded with vehicles. Midway through loading, an elderly couple in a small hatchback panicked as they boarded the vessel ramp.The driver, in his 80���s, hit the accelerator instead of the brake and collided head on with a truck already parked on the vehicle deck. Not applicable, Adventure Activity (SG), Not applicable October 9,Wellington, Flip/overturn A group training outing had paddled out to the shelter of the port terminal where for an hour and a quarter they practiced paddle technique and just did some sprint training. On the last lap, one of the party was caught by a wind gust and capsized.While the others in the group went to assist, the two more inexperienced people in the group were told to head right into the rocks where the best shelter is and wait. Once the person was back in his kayak they attempted to paddle back into the shelter of the container terminal, however the paddler was tipped again and swam during the second re-entry attempt. Another kayaker was tipped and while trying to assist the first paddler and the rudder of another paddler became entangled in the lines of the second kayak. At this stage there were three swimmers and the decision was made to call for assistance; during this time another kayak also tipped.The remaining kayakers were told to stay with a swimmer.The Mayday call was placed and the police launch arrived in approximately 10 minutes. Rescue was fast and effective.The two kayakers who were now in the middle of the harbour were told to kayak to shore and the two that had been in the lee of the container terminal had now made their way back to the kayak shop in the shelter of the wharfs.The four Swimmers that were picked up by the police launch were dropped back kayak shop and a check was done on the two that had headed back to make sure they were ok.There were no injuries to those involved, nor medical assistance was required. Everyone was wearing suitable clothing, buoyancy aids, paddle jackets or waterproof jackets. 8710687, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 115.16m October 10, Bay of Plenty, Loss of stability The stevedore foreman asked for a crewman who can operate the crane to go up and check the cranes settings and remain up in the crane during the heavy lift.The crewman went up to check the crane before the lift was taken.The crewman indicated everything was ok.The crewman came out of the crane.The stevedore foreman asked for the crewman to go back up in the crane during the lift.This was refused and he gestured everything was ok.The stevedore crane operator was in the crane during the checks.At the beginning of the lift everything was good and very smooth.The stevedore foreman wanted to check with the chief and crew that they were happy with continuing the lift.They were not on the tween deck. The foreman climbed up to the gangway to find the chief and asked the chief if everything was ok.The chief gestured yes. The cargo was facing fore and aft as it was being brought up in the hold.The cargo began to turn as soon as the crane operator started to slew.As the load cleared the hatch crane operator was slewing and the ship dramatically listed port side. The crew were panicking at this point due to the ship listing. The foreman was issuing instructions to the crane operator in the crane to either luff up of or slew back into the vessel. Because of the suddenness of the listing the crane would not respond to either luff or slew.The crew asked for the crane driver to luff up.The crane operator was unable to luff up because of the direction the cargo was facing and the weight of the cargo.The crew said to stop.The chief and the captain abandoned ship.They gave instructions to the crew from the wharf.The foreman came off the ship and asked the chief and captain what instructions were being issued.They replied ���more ballast���.The lids then began moving and crashed onto the wharf.The foreman waited for instructions from the chief and captain before telling the crane operator to lower the load to the wharf.The crane operator landed the load and took the weight off the hook very slowly to bring the ship upright.The crane operator then waited to be told to come down from the crane. 122111, NZ Fishing (SSM), 11.68m October 11,Wellington, Near Miss The vessel had just left the Harbour and was on a course heading west of the south of the bay.They observed a vessel coming out of the bay on the plane.The other vessel altered course starboard, away from them. If this course had been maintained the other vessel would have passed 50-100 metres in front of them. However, the other vessel suddenly turned to port, putting it on a collision course with them. The Skipper placed his vessel in reverse and the other vessel passed within a metre of its bow. 9150913, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 261.2m October 13, Canterbury, Propulsion Failure/Flooding The vessel was at anchor and operating with four tenders and two crew tenders. In the early afternoon the weather suddenly deteriorated.Tender 15 was proceeding from the shore to the ship, when the port engine failed due to water ingress through the engine space ventilation system.The tender proceeded to the ship where the passengers were safely disembarked on the tender platform. At no time were the passengers in any danger. During the recovery of the boat on to the falls , the starboard engine failed and the tender was assisted on to the falls by another tender ( Tender 17). 9346005, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 205m October 13, Hawkes Bay, Equipment failure Whilst departing port and prior to pilots disembarking the pilot ladder parted whilst the ship���s crew were rigging the ladder. Ladder was recovered from the sea by pilot launch and placed back on board vessel after the pilots had disembarked using a new ladder. 9014872, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 130m October 16, Nelson, Lifting/Cargo Gear Failure A load of channel steel was dropped from the slings when the slings were brushed against the crane tower.The slings parted and the load fell back into the hatch where stevedores were working.

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