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ON DECK – March 2014
(1) Pages 01-06 (2) Pages 07-12 (3) Pages 13-17 (4) Pages 18-22 (5) Pages 23-27 (6) Pages 28-32 (7) Pages 33-37 (8) Pages 38-42 (9) Pages 43-47 (10) Pages 48-52 (11) Pages 53-58 (12) Pages 59-60
FERRY MASTER CASE DROPPED
A charge bought against the Master of the SANTA REGINA of endangering passengers and crew during a return trip to Picton was dropped by the judge in the Wellington Court this afternoon and the jury dismissed. After listening to this … Continue reading
FERRY MASTER IN COURT
The trial started today of the captain of a Cook Strait ferry which carried passengers to Picton and back to Wellington with a 3.5 metre gash in the side after a collision with another ship during a stormy berthing. John … Continue reading
CONTAINERS OVERBOARD
Lloyds List Monday 17 February 2014 by Janet Porter AT least 200 to 300 containers were lost from the 7,200 teu Svendborg Maersk late last week when the ship was caught up in atrocious weather conditions as it crossed the Bay … Continue reading
MEMBERSHIP
As part of a plan to raise the membership of the Company, which has been on a slow decline, it was agreed by the Executive Council to have a promotional brochure printed, distributed to branches and on to individual members. … Continue reading
GROWING YOUR OWN
From Lloyds List Friday 10 January 2014 by Michael Grey “The Board was also at pains to ensure that a constant supply of good officers would be available to sail the new ships.” The object, said the … Continue reading
AIS
AIS can no longer be trusted, says hacking expert Lloyds List Wednesday 16 October 2013 by David Osler THE Automatic Identification System is “fundamentally broken” and can no longer be trusted, according to Trend Micro, the company that detailed its researchers to prove … Continue reading
Merchant Navy Day 2013
The Master, Captain Kenneth Watt, lays our wreath at the National War Memorial service to commerorate Merchant Nay Day on Tuesday 03 September 2013.