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MNZ INCIDENT REPORTS CONTINUED Uni Auc One, bulk carrier February 27, pilot boarding area, Taranaki, near miss/close quarters was moored alongside the marina wall. No damage was sustained to the vessel or marina. On attempting to board the vessel from the pilot launch it was observed that the spreaders on the ladder where not horizontal due to chocks missing. The chock whippings on the treads below the lower spreader were damaged and loose. The ladder was unusable for boarding and unsafe. Santa Regina, passenger/freight ferry, 133m February 28, Between Mabel Island and Picton Point, near miss/close quarters An inbound vessel rounding Picton Point was sighted and plotted on radar. A blue light was requested but reported to be not working. Slowed and stopped, heading maintained with bow thruster. Whistle sounded. Decklights and search lights used. VHF contact attempted. Inbound vessel passed close to port. Lady Marie, non-passenger, 23.8m March 8, Ferry Bay, Pelorus Sound, collision Lady Marie was coming in to tie alongside the Pacifica to unload mussel floats onto the Pacifica. The wind caught the Lady Marie's bow and blew it around into the Pacifica. Lady Marie's anchor hit the bulwarks of Pacifica on the port side of the bow, pushing the bulwarks over, splitting the deck where the bulwarks join. Marahau Mana IV, passenger vessel, 7.5m March 8, Astrolabe Roadstead, Abel Tasman National Park, structural failure The vessel anchored at Akersten to unload passengers. This was the second run of the day. The anchor was set as per SOP, reversed onto the beach and unloaded two passengers. At this time a wave larger than the norm struck the vessel to the port of the front side, breaking the window. The reinforcing bar stopped the window breaking completely as it has in the past. Tasman Viking, fishing vessel, 36.6m March 8, From Tuaheni Lighthouse, propulsion failure At 1800 while fishing, a vibration was noticed to develop, coming from the area between the engine and reduction box. Hauled gear to investigate. Vibration got worse while hauling. Rang vessel owner and decision was made to bring vessel back to port. Headed for Nelson at reduced speed. Whilst steaming home vibrations got very bad. Stopped vessel and shut main engine down and inspected reduction box. Found a key way in drive gear on shaft generator, had almost sheared. Removed drive gear from shaft, restarted main engine, vibration gone. Continued to Port Nelson under reduced speed and auxiliary engine for repairs. No more problems while steaming to Port Nelson. K-Jet 1, commercial jetboat, 6m March 9, grounding Exiting the river, the driver ran aground. Passengers were transferred to K-Jet 2 and finished the trip. Waipapa, non-passenger, 22.35m March 12, Waitemata Harbour, equipment failure Whilst working vessel CSAV Ranquil rev control of the starboard engine was lost. Control of tug was maintained at all times. Tug returned safely to berth where fault was identified and repaired. Black Diamond, passenger vessel, 12m March 12, Lyttelton Harbour, hit submerged object At 1930 Black Diamond departed B-Jetty in Lyttelton on a scheduled ferry run. Just after exiting the moles, Black Diamond started to increase speed from five knots to maximum speed of 18 knots. Prior to reaching full speed, the vessel struck a submerged object. The skipper stopped the vessel to investigate. No obvious damage was found. A submerged tree was spotted next to the vessel. The skipper continued on the ferry run to Diamond Harbour. On continuation of the ferry run, a vibration was noticed coming from the starboard side. The remainder of the return trip was completed at about half speed. Once back in Lyttelton, Black Diamond was tied up for the night with a back-up vessel used for the remainder of the evening. Te Ao Marama, passenger vessel, 17.7m March 13, South Bay Marina, Kaikoura, steering gear failure After launching the vessel off the trailer to dock, the steering wheel locked up resulting in no steering. Being jet propulsion the skipper had forward and reverse movement. After manoeuvring the vessel into a stationary position using the buckets the skipper was assisted by another vessel, where a bowline was secured. They lined up the vessel with the adjacent sea wall. Stern lines and a springer line were secured to the sea wall and the vessel 80 Professional Skipper May/June 2012 Anatoki, fishing charter vessel, 51.03m March 14, Whanganui, extreme vessel movement, grounding Anatoki was coming in Whanganui with cargo of dolomoite. After crossing Whanganui River bar and mole heads abeam reduced speed to 3.5 knots, eased to starboard to bring ship to course 052°T. Vessel did not respond in time and continued towards northern embankment of the river. Realising that the ship was moving towards mole, skipper put engine on full astern. Ship slowed down but its bulbous bow came into contact with mud bank of northern side of river. Engine was stopped, and after a few seconds the skipper gave her half astern then dead slow ahead with helm 10 to starboard. Vessel moved away from bank and continued to Whanganui wharf under own power and berthed at 1610. Upon berthing all double bottom tanks where sounded, no water was found. City Cat, passenger ferry, 14.35m March 15, Seatoun Wharf, mooring line failure Vessel was berthing at Seatoun Wharf. The spring line was attached successfully. Proceeded to attach lead line when spring line broke. The skipper considered it unsafe to unload passengers, then proceeded to Queens Wharf where passengers disembarked. Spring line was replaced later that morning. Easy Rider, fishing vessel, 11m March 15, off Saddle Point, Stewart Island, capsize Vessel with nine persons on board capsized after being struck by a wave. A search and rescue operation was launched after the vessel failed to meet as arranged. One survivor was found suffering from hypothermia at around 1800. The bodies of four of the missing were located. Four remain missing. San Nikunau, purse seiner 79.69m March 16, chemical or harmful substance spill A crew member notified the bridge that an ammonia gas leak had taken place. The vessel was pointed into the wind and all crew were instructed to muster on the foredeck. The chief engineer and second engineer donned protective gear and proceeded to the pipe ally to close T valve to isolate system and slow gas leakage. Two further trips below were required to fully isolate the leakage. It was later discovered that a temperature probe had vibrated loose from its well on the suction side. It is estimated that one tonne of ammonia was lost. The vessel proceeded to Nelson to undergo full repairs. Aoraki, tug, 27m March 16, Timaru, equipment failure Aoraki was the aft tug attached by the tug's line to Torea. While entering the inner harbour the tug was on a full pull back when the tug's line parted. The tug's winch was under maintenance so the tug was operating with a static tow line, 40mm dynex with a minimum breaking strength of 120 ton. After the previous tow slight deformation had been noticed on the stainless fairlead. The lead which was constructed out of schedule pipe further deformed with the steel ripping. The tow line was cut by the sharp steel. Due to the maturity of the rope used, there was no whiplash. The tug subsequently reconnected and the berthing was completed without further incident. Aratere, passenger ferry, 183m March 18, 0.5m off Halswell Point, equipment failure Vessel outbound on the 2205 sailing from Wellington on a course of 100T. At 2205 call received from engineroom to reduce power. Power was reduced which was immediately followed by request to take all power off. Vessel still had steering and gradually slowed to six knots. Bosun was called to the forecastle to standby the anchor and Beacon Hill informed whilst on call manager contacted. Power was gradually restored and vessel continued on passage at 2215. Legato, patrol boat, 6.8m March 18, at anchor, 200m off Brunner Peninsula, Lake Rotoiti, electrical power failure 12 voly vacuum cleaner was aboard vessel while anchored, Lake Rotoiti. Shortly after starting noticed smell of burning plastic. Grasped rear of plug (to avoid the hot end) and removed from cigarette lighter socket. End smoking, plastic deformed. Fuse in the plug had failed to blow. At same time as removed, master fuse fitting near batteries has mostly burned out, causing voltage drop, and some intermediate wiring showed evidence of insulation scorching. Isolated all circuits. Called for an electrician to be brought out to vessels position using handheld radio, who undertook basic remedial repairs. Throughout was able to manoeuvre and communicate if required, so seaworthiness of vessel not affected. Depth sounder/fuel computer was the only electronic unit turned on at time of incident. Neither it nor an identical spare obtained on loan will power up now. Have retired vessel from use until rectified, and discarded vacuum cleaner. Quotes sought for repairs, full inspection of electrical systems, replacement of paired-fuse panels with breaker panel, check of electrical diagram and certification of system by marine electrician per MR40A. Work scheduled for completion early April. K-Jet 6, jetboat, 7.3m March 20, Kawarau River, spin K-Jet 6 with 15 passenger on board performed the fourth spin of the trip at Big Bay on the Kawarau River. A woman sitting in the front row with her adult son did not brace correctly for the spin and bumped her head on the padding at the front of the boat. The driver immediately asked if she was ok. There was no sign of injury but the woman asked if she could get off the boat. The driver took her and her son back to Kawarau Jet operations base. There she said she would like to see a doctor and they were immediately taken to the Queenstown Medical Centre by one of the workshop staff. She later returned to Kawarau Jet's main town pier. She said she was fine and apologised for the situation. She was refunded for her trip, given a free photo pack and told that she could contact the pier staff if she needed any further assistance. Milburn Carrier II, cargo ship, 118.45m March 20, Buller River, Wesport, Equipment failure On departing Westport Wharf and proceeding to go astern down the river, the fuel pump reversing arm failed. The master informed Westport Harbour radio and proceeded back to the berth where engineers repaired the fuel pump reversing arm with a spare held on board. After engine trials we departed on the following days high water. Cap Manuel, cargo ship, 231m March 21, within Napier pilotage, near miss/close quarters Departure of Maersk Brani from Napier and arrival of Cap Manuel. Pilots on board both vessels. Thick fog delayed both vessels with Maersk Brani waiting alongside for a clearing. Cap Manuel stopped arrival passage and waited for clearing. Both pilots only then became aware that the round North Island yacht race was starting at 1700. During the waiting we found two yachts had crossed the main shipping channel but were being called back to start closer to shore. We called and stopped the yachts. Port of Napier pilots had received no notice of this race and were compromised in the Pilotage of both vessels. Maersk Brani, container ship, 200m March 21, Port of Napier, near miss/close quarters On departing Maersk Brani from Napier port vessel encountered restricted visibility. On departure from port yachts encountered in approach channel. Targets were plotted. Maersk Brani proceeded outward at dead slow speed. Maersk Brani altered course and reduced speed allowing yacht to cross ahead of vessel. Marine Star II, fishing vessel, 23.6m March 22, Napier Harbour entrance, near miss/close quarters While piloting Cap Manuel from Napier harbour in to the channel between A, B and C buoys, the Marine Star II attempted to cross the channel from west to east in front of the Cap Manuel. Cap Manuel was constrained by her draft of 11.45m even keel. Cap Manuel sounded a continuous blast of the ships whistle to attract the Marine Star II but only when the pilot launch Pania intercepted at full speed did the fishing boat turn away. New Fantasy, bulk carrier, 190m March 23, Mt Maunganui berth nine, equipment failure Crane driver using crane three was coming up on the hook releasing wires from the logs in the hold. The crane block was approx 10m from the aft end of hold four. Whilst releasing wires the cranes boom lost power and control for the luff operation and the boom made significant contact with the back of crane four. Dive Marlborough, passenger vessel, 7.5m March 20, Port Gore, flooding Vessel flooded on mooring due to severe sea conditions. Nobody on board at the time. MOL Summer, container ship, 246m March 28, Berth number five, Napier, contact While berthing, the vessel made contact with berth number five, with two pilots on board. A crack about 230mm length and 10mm wide on the hull.