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MNZ INCIDENT REPORTS CONTINUED ship's electrician and chief engineer inspected the exciter and found winding had failed with major mechanical damage. The shaft alternator is to be disassembled for inspection and repair. K-Jet 7, Jet Boat (SOP), 7.5m June 24, Shotover River, Queenstown, Equipment failure As the driver was approaching an area on the Shotover River known as "Diggings" the number one engine alarm started sounding. The engine was promptly switched off and the driver performed a planing turn and exited the Shotover on one engine. The boat was then tied to the closest jetty at the helipad on the Kawarau river where the passengers were switched to another boat and the trip was continued. Spirit Of Resolution, NZ Cargo (NZISM), 96m July 1, Wairopa Channel, Manukau Harbour, Contact The vessel sailed from Onehunga Wharf at 0600 hours on July 1 and proceeded along Wairopa Channel to cross the Manukau Bar at 0800 hours. At 0615, vessel passed No. 37 beacon and No. 35 beacon light was still not visible. One fishing vessel was approaching No. 33 beacon at the time. At 0617, the IR reported a buoy close to vessel and he said it has passed close along the ship's side. Being dark the crew standing by forward and none of the bridge team could see the unlit beacon earlier. There was no vibration or unusual movement of the vessel felt. The master looked over the side and could not see the beacon. Vessel continued along the channel. At around 0712 when vessel was approaching No. 7 beacon (which was also unlit but visible as the dawn approached) the IR came up on bridge to report deck secure for bar crossing. When the master enquired about the details of his sighting of the beacon No. 35 he said he could hear some noise from the beacon which appeared to be the beacon came in contact with ship side. Incident was reported to Southhead signal station. Engineer on duty confirmed he felt no unusual noise or vibration at the time in engine room. July 3, Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island, Near Miss/Close Quarters Returning back from Salmon farm, 500 metres before docking at wharf the skipper of San Braz almost collided with two other vessels on mooring. If it wasn't for passenger standing up to see how far they had to go and warning the skipper to take action there would have been a collision. The day before, the same skipper was picking boat up from wharf to pick up workers and become confused as to where he was and came close to hitting boats, running over moorings and nearly running aground. San Braz, NZ Non-passenger (SSM), 14.75m Glorious Peony, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 200m Arataki, NZ Non-passenger (SSM), 16.36m July 5, Bluff, Contact During departure from berth 8 the vessel's bow made contact with the swinging basin buoy and the light was extinguished. July 5, 0.5 nautical miles inside A beacon on west side of main leads, Propeller entanglement Launch was awaiting outbound Pilot and steaming at approximately 5 knots when Port propeller became entangled with floating rope. Starboard engine was immediately stopped as a precaution. Crew unable to clear line so vessel stopped and drifted until another company vessel was able to come out and provide a tow. At no time was the vessel or crew in any danger Fortune Hero, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 180m July 6, Marsden Point, Grounding/Equipment failure/Electrical power failure Vessel heading outbound from Northport, total blackout and failure of all systems occurred as vessel approached number 13 buoy. No ability to control or manoeuvre the vessel to starboard and follow the channel. Both anchors dropped and vessel grounded bow first between numbers 13 and 11 buoys. Vessel manoeuvred back into the channel once systems restored with the assistance of 2 harbour tugs. Vessel piloted out of the harbour and anchored away from the channel 1.5 miles east of the fairway buoy. All tanks were sounded and reported as normal and a visual inspection of the vessel around the waterline carried out from the pilot boat and reported as normal. Vessel remains at anchor currently awaiting owners orders/instructions etc. Sea Fury, NZ Fishing (SSM), 14.24m July 6, Grey River, Greymouth, Grounding Vessel was departing Greymouth when the skipper observed a Hoki boat on the bar. He turned up river to give the vessel extra room. As the vessel drifted down, the skipper felt a slight bump and the vessel stopped moving. As the vessel was in the vicinity of the centre rock bank and it was too dark to see if there was any damage, the skipper turned on all the lights so incoming could see the boat. At first light, the skipper inspected the vessel and notified appropriate authorities. The skipper then awaited high tide and the vessel floated off. A full inspection took place when the vessel returned to port. The skipper went fishing with the vessel the next day. Kea (101597), NZ Passenger (SSM), 27.06m July 7, Devonport Wharf, Auckland, Propulsion failure/Contact On first run to Devonport from Auckland, the starboard wing control head failed to respond. As a result the bow was unable to be manoeuvred away from the wharf and the starboard bow made heavy contact with the western end pile. The vessel effectively "bounced" off the pile without causing damage to the wharf. The affected engine was taken out of gear and the vessel was then manoeuvred away using the port engine. After returning to Auckland and being checked by engineering staff and sea trialled, the vessel was returned to service. The vessel was further monitored by engineering staff for several voyages no fault was found. Sea Sparkle, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 190m July 7, Entrance to Swinging Basin, Gisborne, Equipment failure Sea Sparkle was under pilotage and proceeding inbound passing Butlers Wall. The aft tug, fast centre lead, was asked to standby to pull back and when in position was requested to pull back full. When the load came on the tug line parted. The port anchor was dropped and using the forward tug pulling back, the main engine astern the vessel was stopped in the middle of the swinging basin. The aft tug was resecured on the starboard quarter and the was swung and berthed without further incident. Kaitaki, NZ Passenger (NZISM), 177.34m Time Out, NZ Passenger (NZISM), 11m Kakariki, NZ Cargo (NZISM), 183m July 8, Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough, Near miss/close quarters The two vessels were involving in a near miss/close quarters situation. July 9, Nelson harbour approach, Equipment failure Steering gear and communications tested, clocks synchronised by 3rd Mate and 2nd Engineer. At 0900 a problem was experienced with wheelhouse deckhead helm indicator. Readings fluctuating rapidly port to starboard. At this time vessel had reached the final abort point. Decision was immediately made to abort the entry. Helm put hard to port and non-follow up steering system engaged. At 0906 vessel clearing port approach on a heading of 0000 (T). At 0909 Master takes con from Pilot. At 0915 commenced carrying out tests on all steering systems. At 0930 steering system tests completed and found to be in order. All helm indicators operating normally. Vessel swinging to enter port. At 0934 Pilot takes con and by 1047 the vessel all fast to the berth. The helm indicators on the steering console, bridge wings and bridge wing control consoles and steering gear operated normally throughout. There appears to be an intermittent fault with the helm indicator. An urgent requisition has been raised for a replacement unit to be supplied. Splash Palace, NZ Passenger (SSM), 11.5m July 9, South of Kendal Bay, Auckland, Near Miss/Close Quarters Splash Palace passed within 50 metres of a small fishing vessel at 20 knots. The vessel was approached from astern. There were nil anchor, steaming or stern lights visible. The vessel was only seen by the Skipper of Splash Palace when its starboard navigation light became visible. No radar contacts for the vessel were visible before or after the incident. Corsair, NZ Fishing (SSM), 22m July 9, Greymouth Harbour, Oil Spill Leading had accidentally turned on the fuel transfer pump instead of the freezer bilge, pumping fuel into an already full tank, causing fuel to spill out the tank's fuel vent pipe. Red Bluff, NZ Fishing (SSM), 23.7m July 10, Pilot Boarding Station, Tauranga, Near miss/close quarters After boarding the 170 metre inbound bulk/log carrier Panvision at the pilot station, noticed a fishing vessel about two point on my starboard side. Visually plotted the target and observed she was on a collision course about 1.0 nm away. Started sounding the vessel's whistle continuously to attract the vessels attention, no change in course by the fishing. At about 0.4 nm, I had to go hard to port to try avoid the fishing vessel colliding with the bulk carrier. The fishing vessel eventually passed the bulk carriers starboard side stern clear by five metre. It appears the fishing vessel's bridge was not manned at any stage. Tried to raise the fishing vessel on channel 16 and 12 after the incident, but no reply from them. The bulk carrier Panvision continued her passage under pilotage and berthed at Tauranga. Kaitaki, NZ Passenger (NZISM), 177.34m Westport, NZ Cargo (NZISM), 94.52m July 11, Near Allports Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, Near miss/close quarters The two vessels were involved in a near miss/close quarters situation. July 16, Adjacent to the end of Farewell Spit, Equipment failure Blown exhaust valve on port main engine. Port main engine stopped and vessel manoeuvring on starboard main engine only. Vessels course altered to head for Nelson. Tug and Pilot ordered for arrival Nelson. Labour organised to effect repair on arrival. Rakiura Maru, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 180m July 17, Tiwai Wharf, Southland, Chemical or harmful substance spill Liquid Pitch fume being vented from on board tanks, Operational staff on wharf came into contact. Several staff members experienced adverse effects. Some required hospital treatment. 6 – Thrillseekers Adventures, Raft (SOP), 4.8m July 18, Marble Point, Waiau River, Flip Overturn Raft rounded the corner at Marble Point and got washed by the current into the rocks on the left side where the Raft flipped and all four passengers and the guide where ended up in the river. All passengers and guide swam to the shore but the guide had to throw bag one passenger. No injuries. All passengers were checked and ok. Jet boat came down and retrieved raft and passengers and return to base. 80 Professional Skipper September/October 2012 Kaitaki, NZ Passenger (NZISM), 177.34m July 20, East of Arrowsmith Point, Marlborough Sounds, Equipment failure Kaitaki was transitting through Marlborough Sounds when it was noticed the wheelhouse GPS and both bridge radar displays were indicating alarm mode. The GPS had failed. Speed, position, course made good displays were absent and both ECDIS units had frozen. The GPS control could not be changed to No. 1. The steering, gyro and radar pictures were unaffected and visual navigation was possible. The ship was safely navigated into Picton. Wright Technologies were called, but could only suggest that the antennae be checked. This was done once the vessel was alongside with no obvious faults found. While alongside the ECDIS menu was entered and the GPS input changed from No. 2 to No. 1 with immediate effect of resetting the ships position to Picton with all other display indicators showing normally. The display was livened up. No change to radar displays which remained in alarm. It was decided to continue to Wellington and the trip was undertaken without any further problems. In Wellington the GPS units were switched between Chartroom and Wheelhouse. The units failed to interface with the radars and ECDIS. Units were returned to original position. When the Day Master came on duty the alarm mode was showing. The GPS was turned off and restarted, functioning normally. Sharcaree, NZ Fishing (SSM), 14.3m July 22, South of Cape Providence, Western Passage, Chalky Inlet, Fiordland, Capsize Coming into Chalky Inlet about 5:00pm through Providence, inside reefs. Vessel was hit by a large wave. Solid water came crashing into the starboard side, capsizing the boat. The force of the water pushed the Skipper from the wheel down into the focsle. Crew member was on deck at the time and was washed over the side. Skipper managed to free himself from the focsle and swam towards the crew member with two life rings. Skipper and crew member were in the water for approximately 30 minutes until rescued by the fishing vessel Kiri Lee. Godzilla, Jet Boat (SOP), 6.1m July 22, Marble Point, Waiau River, Equipment failure/Near Miss While travelling upstream with nine paying passengers on board, the boat suddenly pulled right without warning. The driver then beached the boat and checked the steering system. All steering was okay. Another boat was radioed for. Passengers were transferred to the other boat and the trip was finished. The boat was found to be safe to return to base under its own power and trailered where it was found to be the starboard grill from the jet unit that had dropped down. Boat repaired and all other boats checked. Drivers and mechanic briefed on the checking of bolts in the grill. Westgate, NZ Non-passenger (SSM), 16.9m July 23, Blyde Wharf, Port Taranaki, Equipment failure/Contact On approaching berth to uplift personnel, Pilot Launch Westgate suffered jet unit bucket control failure when attempting to go astern. Vessel 'coasted' into wharf and suffered minor damage to handrails and scuffing of fibre glass on cabin. No personnel injured. Control system repaired and vessel back in service. Arahura, Passenger, 148.37m July 23, Rail Ferry Terminal 2, Wellington, Contact While berthing on arrival in Wellington, vessel was coming astern at an angle to the berth. Radio communication between the Bridge and Deck Officer reporting distance to fenders aft failed after passing the short arm of RFT2. Due to lack of communication, in addition to misjudgement of speed while attempting to bring the ship alongside, the ship collided with one end of the linkspan resulting in the vessel being holed three metres above the level of the rail deck. San Discovery, NZ Fishing (SSM), 64m July 23, 41° 21' S During hauling operations the second engineer informed the chief engineer of noise and vibration from the main engine turbo charger. Power was established via the generators and the main engine shut down. Removal of the turbo charger rotor assembly proved mechanical failure of the turbine wheel. The turbo charger was blanked off and the main engine started. The vessel was under way at reduced RPM and load, heading to Nelson to effect repair. 170° 44' E, Equipment failure Tasman Star, Foreign SOLAS (ISM), 135m July 25, A Beacon, Tauranga, Equipment Failure Vessel departed No. 3 berth and proceeded out. When passing A Beacon heading into open water the main engine shut down. The vessels speed at the time was approximately 10 knots. The vessel was able to maintain course and head into safe open water. The main engine was restarted approximately five minutes later. The pilot disembarked and the vessel proceeded on passage. Arataki, NZ Non-passenger (SSM), 16.36m July 29, Tauranga Pilot Boarding Station, Contact Launch was manoeuvring to put a Pilot on the inbound vessel Comoros Stream. Launch instructed vessel to alter course to provide a better lee. While vessel was turning a large swell picked up Launch and surged it forward. This brought launch close to Comoros Streams side and interaction 'sucked' it into ship resulting in a heavy landing. Port navigation light was smashed and minor dents and scratches where sustained in this general area. At no time was either vessel or any personnel in any serious danger.

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