Category Archives: General

Master’s delay voids error of navigation defence A New Zealand court case has highlighted the unseen consequences of a master’s actions in trying to hide his own navigational error. Details of the legal argument in how they relate directly to … Continue reading →

Harbourmasters in some of the country’s busiest stretches of water are calling for more power to investigate incidents where boats narrowly avoid colliding. They say it is only a matter of time before someone else is killed in a collision, … Continue reading →

The above notice is prominently displayed on the Greater Wellington Regional Council web site and has previously been published in Wellington newspapers. The wording in the above is not the same as in WRC by-law 6.3.1 nor the relevant collision … Continue reading →

From the booklet “Across the Water”,  biography of Captain A.E. Wilmott, ferry master and later Marine Superintendent/Harbour Master at Heysham for LMS Railway steamers. “Although modern in every other respect, none of the Fleetwood steamers was fitted with wireless telegraphy until … Continue reading →

From Lloyds List Thursday 4 February 2010 by Sam Ignarski AMONG the rules of thumb you are taught in the early months of marine insurance training used to be that the pilots of ships had, under the laws of pilotage, … Continue reading →

  Many former pupils  will mourn the loss of the former Director of both the Wellington and Auckland Navigation Schools.  Captain Mac joined Shaw Savill in 1936 where he remined until 1952, the latter years spent on the MANZ vessel … Continue reading →

Fact and Fiction – Salvage contract misunderstood but still remains essential, writes Todd Busch President of the International Salvage Union Lloyds List -Thursday 10 December 2009 LLOYD’S Open Form remains the most commonly used form of salvage contract. It has served … Continue reading →

Monday 2 November 2009 Lloyds List  Crew competence still a cause for concern “It is all very well to criticise regulations and the regulators, but so often the real blame for crew incompetence must surely lie with whoever employed the … Continue reading →

Members will doubtless recall the findings of the court in the Birchall case recently which concerned the question of ‘command’ during a Cook Strait incident.  As I understand it the case revolved around the question, and legal interpretation of,  ‘Command … Continue reading →

Warning on increased risk of GPS jamming Cheap GPS jammers bought off the internet could seriously disrupt busy shipping lanes writes Craig Eason in Lloyds List Tuesday 13 October 2009 NAVIGATION experts are warning about the increasing availability of jamming … Continue reading →