A skipper has been fined $1,688 after speeding and grounding the passenger ferry ‘City Cat’, according to data provided by Maritime New Zealand. The ferry grounded at 17 knots, in a 5 knot area (31 km/h in a 9 km/h area), on a rock at Karaka Bay on 16 April 2017. Maritime NZ Central Region Compliance Manager, Michael-Paul Abbott, said the skipper did not have the correct navigational charts, did not maintain proper look-out and had repeatedly traveled at excessive speed prior to the grounding.
Th...
https://safety4sea.com/skipper-fined-over-ferry-grounding-in-wellington/