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Part of an article by Ken Scadden which appeared in the Wellington Captital Times on Thursday 29 November 2007.  The announcement of the change of name of the Museum of Wellington City and Sea to Wellington Museum is a blatant betrayal of … Continue reading →

A copy of the latest issue of On Deck was sent to our Patron, Governor-General Anand Satyanand who has replied with the following letter.

THE Australian Shipowners Association has been buoyed by the release of two studies that backed its lines on coastal shipping and employment. The inter-governmental Australian Maritime Group commissioned one report, ‘International and Domestic Shipping and Ports Study’ and released in … Continue reading →

Fogging Up the Facts –  Lloyds List 19 November 2007 SOMETHING went seriously wrong the other day on the bridge of the big containership Cosco Busan as the vessel was being manoeuvred out of San Francisco Bay. It might have been … Continue reading →

The John Sinclair, General Manager Mitsui OSK NZ Ltd, Hon Annette King, Minister of Transport, Captain John Brown and Allan Thompson, Chief Executive, Ministry of Transport at Parliament 05 November 2007    The Master represented the Company at Parliamemt for the official … Continue reading →

Lloyds List 24 October 2007 by Brian Robinson  “A container never dies,” according to Adrian Dunner, the man in charge of container lessor TAL International’s Trader division, which markets containers that have expired from the prime fleet. What Mr Dunner … Continue reading →

These rules can be viewed/downloaded at:- http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/rules/rules_consult.asp

You are invited to comment on the draft amendments to the Maritime Rules, Part 90, Pilotage. The basis for Part 90 is found in section 36(1) (i) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994. Background. The existing maritime rule Part 90 … Continue reading →