Category Archives: General

The sentiments expressed in this article taken from today SHIPPING CLIPPINGS, apply equally to New Zealand. Maritime pilotage is the core profession within UK ports and coastal waters ensuring the 24/7/365 safety and efficiency of shipping movements. 95% of UK trade is … Continue reading →

The Most Valuable Man On The Seas With roughly 100,000 large merchant ships in the water at any time, scores sink, burn, break apart, run aground, or explode each year—often with toxic consequences. It is Captain Nick Sloane’s job to … Continue reading →

When lifeboats become death boats Monday 17 November 2014 by Michael Grey WHY would you not be frightened out of your wits every time you were required to carry out a lifeboat drill? When regulators, safety authorities and manufacturers seem … Continue reading →

On July 21, 2014, the mv MARY MAERSK departed Algeciras, Spain with a world record 17,603 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), the most TEU’s ever loaded onto a single vessel. mv MARY MAERSK is the third vessel in Maersk Line’s Triple-E … Continue reading →

Letter to Minister

This whole debacle, detailed in the article below, deserves closer scrutiny. The ship was in what some would say, an unsafe anchorage, after being ordered out of Port New Plymouth by the Harbourmaster because the port could not provide a … Continue reading →

Maritime New Zealand have detained a ship at Port Taranaki and charged its master after the ship was damaged in rough seas last weekend. Singaporean cargo ship Lake Triview suffered damage to its hull last Saturday night when it dragged … Continue reading →

Letter to Editor

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 →

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 →