Maritime NZ

[Answer] What are the Simple Ways To Handle Chemicals Safely Onboard?

On the aftermath of an eye injury involving chemicals onboard, the Maritime NZ issued a reminder to operators of their duties to identify ‘reasonably foreseeable risks’.  It is also to control these risks ‘as far as practicable’, in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act.  Today we deal this sensitive and important topic in our challenge corner.

Chemical-related inspection findings

This reminder follows recent chemical-related inspection findings, as well as an accident in which a man...

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New Zealand: Company to pay $514,300 in fines and reparation after overloaded fishing vessel sinks

A Wellington-based fishing company, its sole director, and a master were fined a total of $449,500 over the sinking of the grossly overloaded fishing boat ‘Victory II’ in June 2017. The company was also ordered to pay $64,800 in reparation to the crew for unpaid wages and emotional harm.

Maritime NZ Central Region Compliance Manager, Michael-Paul Abbott, said Victory II should have carried no more than five tonnes of fish.

Instead, it was loaded with at least 28 tonnes when it sank near Kaikōura...

https://safety4sea.com/new-zealand-company-to-pay-514300-in-fines-and-reparation-after-overloaded-fishing-vessel-sinks/

Tips for safe handling of chemicals onboard

On the aftermath of an eye injury involving chemicals onboard, the Maritime NZ issued a reminder to operators of their duties to identify ‘reasonably foreseeable risks’, and to control these risks ‘as far as practicable’, in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act.

This reminder follows recent chemical-related inspection findings, as well as an accident in which a man suffered a chemical burn to his eye while cleaning a meal press on a deep sea factory trawler.

The man was not following...

https://safety4sea.com/tips-for-safe-handling-of-chemicals-onboard/

Maritime NZ for recreational boaties safety

Maritime New Zealand officially announced that the Buller District Council joined the national compliance “No Excuses” campaign. Specifically, the campaign focuses on recreational boaties not carrying or wearing lifejackets and those who speed on the water.

For the records, this is the 4th year in a row of the “No Excuses” campaign, while is the first time that 18 harbourmasters with Maritime officers are participating on this project this summer.

Through Buller District Council’s enter,...

https://safety4sea.com/maritime-nz-for-recreational-boaties-safety/

Maritime NZ: Boating fatalities highly linked to inadequate communication

With respect to the recently-released figures on boating safety in New Zealand, Maritime NZ stressed that waterproof communications can save a life: An estimated 59% of recreational boating fatalities involve inadequate communications, and only 40% of boaties report having two ways to call for help every time they go on the water.

The latest boating research shows 40% of boaties take two waterproof ways to call for help every time and a further 16% most of the time they go on the water, but that...

https://safety4sea.com/maritime-nz-boating-fatalities-highly-linked-to-inadequate-communication/

Maritime NZ: Failure to wear lifejacket key risk factor for boaties

Most recreational boaties in New Zealand continue to be highly safety conscious when they go on the water, but 20% still report that they wear a lifejacket either never, not very often or only some of the time, according to figures released by Maritime New Zealand on the occasion of Safer Boating Week.

Maritime NZ’s annual survey of recreational boaties, conducted by research firm Ipsos, showed that approximately 1.53 million Kiwis are involved in recreational boating and that 9 out of 10...

https://safety4sea.com/maritime-nz-failure-to-wear-lifejacket-key-risk-factor-for-boaties/

New Zealand: ‘Prep, check, know message’ for safer recreational boating

New Zealand initiates its annual Safer Boating week, following a fatal winter that led to a number of boating deaths, as until now, 18 people have died in recreational boating accidents, compared to just four in the whole of last year, while 12 of this year’s fatalities have been since the end of March.

This year’s message is: “Prep, check, know the message”, which means:

  1. Prep your boat: Service the engine, check and change the fuel, check the battery, and generally give the boat a good...

https://safety4sea.com/new-zealand-prep-check-know-message-for-safer-recreational-boating/

Maritime NZ launches ‘Intoxication’ campaign for fishers

The challenges of life onboard a vessel may make crews more eager to the use of drugs or alcohol, which has implications for the safety of the vessel and everyone onboard; Thus, Maritime New Zealand cooperated with The Federation of Commercial Fishermen, Seafood NZ, Fishing InShore New Zealand, Moana Fisheries and Guard Safety to develop a comprehensive health and safety campaign.

https://safety4sea.com/maritime-nz-launches-intoxication-campaign-for-fishers/

Maritime NZ: Spot checks for dangerous goods reveal good levels of compliance

Maritime NZ and partner regulatory agencies in New Zealand teamed up last week in a joint compliance and information-gathering operation on the carriage of dangerous goods (DG). Checks were specifically targeted to ensure that goods being carried on Cook Strait ferries were declared and compliant with safety regulations. There was good compliance from those inspected.

Spot checks were undertaken on 30 July 2019 in Wellington, Picton and Blenheim on vehicles and cargoes being loaded onto the Cook...

https://safety4sea.com/maritime-nz-spot-checks-for-dangerous-goods-reveal-good-levels-of-compliance/

New Zealand: Oil spill off Three Kings Islands not visible in aerial photos

New Zealand authorities have initiated an oil spill response operation at Three Kings Islands, at the north part of the country, after a fishing vessel reported oil on fishing gear and on a small number of sea birds in the area Monday, according to Maritime new Zealand.

Initial aerial photos taken by a NZ Defence Force Hercules aircraft on Tuesday over the island didn’t show any visible oil in the water or on the shore.

Maritime NZ Incident Controller Bruce Barton said that while no oil has been...

https://safety4sea.com/new-zealand-oil-spill-off-three-kings-islands-not-visible-in-aerial-photos/

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