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WATERFRONT BUSINESS In brief… Eni enters the New Zealand market Agip oils and lubricants exclusively distributed in New Zealand by TransDiesel Ltd, will from August be known as Eni oils and lubricants. Eni is Italy's largest company and ranks 23rd in Fortune magazine's 2011 list of the world's biggest corporations. This is the first time the brand will be visible in New Zealand with TransDiesel continuing to supply the same specialty oils and lubricants. Chief Executive Mike McKessar says, "The Eni engine, gear, hydraulic, two- stroke, motorcycle, and agricultural oils will have new packaging from August, as will antifreeze, brake fluid and other products. The Agip brand will disappear as our stock is replenished." Agip was the founding Italian oil company established in 1926. In 2003 it was merged into Eni, an integrated, global energy company operating in exploration, the oil and gas market, electricity generation and sale, petrochemicals, oilfield services, oilfield construction and oilfield engineering. Commercial fisherman found guilty of fishing in a marine reserve A commercial fisherman has had his boat seized and permanently forfeited to the Department of Conservation after being found guilty of fishing in the Motu Manawa/Pollen Island Marine Reserve in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. DOC acting biodiversity programme manager Callum Bourke says this is the first time a commercial fisherman has had his boat seized and forfeited in Auckland as a result of a prosecution by DOC. In addition to having his boat the Manu 2 seized, 45-year-old fisherman Malona Saamu of Henderson will also serve 250 hours of community service for the charge laid by DOC and for additional charges laid by the Ministry of Primary Industries. As well as possible forfeiture of boats and equipment, if convicted a commercial fishermen may face imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, a fine not exceeding $250,000, or both. 46 Professional Skipper November/December 2012 The Governor: the South's fourth boating tragedy this year THE FOURTH BOATING tragedy to strike the south this year occurred with the loss of The Governor on September 15. Sergeant Ian Martin of Invercargill search and rescue, said the vessel had been trawling when the skipper radioed another boat and said the vessel had become hooked up at about 11.30am: "That was when the vessel may have struck trouble. The last they heard of him, he was in the process of trying to unhook it.'' Conditions were reasonably good in southeasterly winds of about 25 knots and swells of one to two metres, but there was a large amount of freshwater coming from the sound after heavy rainfall in the area. Fishing vessels went out to search for The Governor and found a diesel spill at about 4.50pm, a liferaft and a buoyancy ring were also found about 9 kilometres offshore southwest of the sound. Searchers included five fishing vessels, the Coastguard fixed-wing plane from Invercargill and a Southern Lakes helicopter from Te Anau. The fishing vessel Charisma using sonar equipment, confirmed wreckage resting on the sea bed about 50m below the surface about 2.5km offshore from Yates Point, believed to be that of the Governor. Searchers have so far failed to find the bodies of the two men on board. West Coast Coastguard skipper Doug Griffin said Mr Cosgrove was a well known fisherman around Greymouth and had helped rescue two people from a boat that caught fire off Greymouth in April. In January two men died when a recreational vessel capsized in Foveaux Strait. Three people from that vessel were rescued by the Easy Rider, suffering from severe hypothermia. On March 15, eight people died on Easy Rider when it capsized in the Strait during a trip to the Titi Islands, and on May 1, two men and the KCee went missing in Fiordland. Maritime New Zealand will liaise with police before deciding what kind of investigation it will undertake. DUTCH COMMANDER STOPS PIRACY ATTACKS SINCE COMMODORE BEN Bekkering took over on June 6, as Commander of NATO's counter piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, in the Gulf of Aden, there have only been two attacks by pirate ships. On both occasions, the pirates were disrupted by NATO warships: the HNLMS Evertsen and HNLMS Rotterdam, and were unsuccessful. More importantly, no merchant ships have been hijacked by pirates since May. NATO ships are patrolling the shipping corridor in the Gulf of Aden and in front of the Somali coast to prevent attacks. Pirates still hold seven ships and 177 crewmembers hostage.