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WELLINGTON FERRY OPERATOR CHARGED OVER COLLISION

Wellington ferry operator Strait Shipping is to defend health and safety charges after the Santa Regina suffered hull damage in a collision with a fishing boat last year.

The Santa Regina had been trying to berth when strong winds knocked it into the Southern Protector, causing a hole in the hull and a gash in the ferry’s side on April 26.

The company is due back in court in six weeks.

A Strait Shipping employee was also charged under Maritime New Zealand regulations with failing to notify the incident and failing an inspection of the damaged ship. He sought name suppression yesterday. Judge Mary O’Dwyer, in Wellington District Court, refused but continued suppression to allow him to appeal. He has also pleaded not guilty.

NOISY SHIPS ATTRACT MORE HULL FOULING

Ships in port running generators are attracting more hull-fouling sea creatures because of the noises they make, according to groundbreaking research by New Zealand scientists.

Marine fouling, where barnacles, mussels, sponges and algae attach to a ship’s hull, is a huge cost to the shipping industry through increased drag. Millions of dollars are spent each year controlling fouling on commercial vessels and a lot of it involves applying toxic anti-fouling paint.

In world-first research, NIWA and Auckland University scientists have discovered that fouling of vessels is greatly increased by the underwater sounds produced by the vessels. Ships’ generators continue to run while they are in port and appear to produce a lot of underwater noise.

Trials with underwater speakers and recording of cruise ships, logging and container ships, and mussel larvae showed the larvae settled on the noisy hulls about 40 per cent quicker than the silent hulls, said NIWA biosecurity scientist Selena Wilkins.

“The mussel larvae settled very quickly - within a few hours. This is within the time frame that the larvae would be exposed to the noise from a generator in a vessel in port.”

The “very exciting” research could have huge implications for not only the efficiency of ships, but also for biosecurity as many invasive organisms can be spread by ships’ hulls, Dr Wilkins said. The scientists are hoping to suggest ways of reducing the underwater noise produced by ships, such as dampening or eliminating sound or switching to shore-based electrical supply when berthed.

It is known that sound triggers larvae of many coastal organisms to settle more rapidly.

Fish and crab larvae are attracted toward the underwater sound of waves breaking on coastal reefs and noises produced by other reef-dwelling organisms during feeding.

CORONER BACKS REPORT INTO SAILOR’S DEATH

A coroner has backed a transport investigator’s call for international shipping regulators to improve safety on ships after a man was crushed to death in a watertight door.

Chandima Anuradhu Weerasekara, 35, the chief engineer of the Oceanic Discoverer, died after being trapped in the door for more than eight minutes while the ship was berthed in Napier in February 2009.

A Transport Accident Investigation Commission report found the door didn’t meet the minimum requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, and the ship’s safety management system didn’t ensure the watertight doors were properly maintained. It was also possible the audible alarm warning that the door was closing wasn’t working, the report said.

The report called on the director of Maritime New Zealand to discuss watertight door safety with the International Maritime Organisation, and for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority chief executive to address issues with the safety management system on board the Oceanic Discoverer. It also recommended the manufacturer of the watertight doors to address possible design issues.

Coroner Christopher Davenport said he wouldn’t hold a formal inquest as it had already been covered thoroughly by the TAIC report. He endorsed its recommendations.

RENA RECOVERY COSTS HIT $25 MILLION

The Rena grounding has already cost taxpayers $25 million, but how much will be paid back remains unclear.

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee confirmed Maritime New Zealand’s response to the disaster had consumed the $4m oil pollution fund and was now eating into money provided by the Government for the cleanup.

The stranded container ship ran aground on Astrolabe reef, off Tauranga, in October, leaking hundreds of tonnes of oil and killing thousands of birds. It split in two during the weekend, with the stern section stuck on the edge of the reef and largely under water.

Costamare Inc, the parent company of ship owner Daina Shipping, is covered by insurance company Swedish Club for pollution liability to a total of $1.74 billion. However, under New Zealand law, the company’s liability for environmental damage is capped at $12m, although there is an option to prosecute Costamare under the Resource Management Act for the full cleanup cost.

The ship’s charterers, MSC, are not liable but have pledged an initial $1m.

Mr Brownlee would not be drawn on which parties he expected to bear any extra costs.

“The Government has open lines of communication with the owners and insurers and expects to engage with them about the environmental and financial implications of the situation once it is clearer what those implications are,” he said.

Constamare, in a statement yesterday,(Jan12) promised to do everything possible to mitigate the effects of the grounding. It had been working with the salvors and insurers on plans to deal with both parts of the wreck and these would be discussed with other experts and state authorities. The company and its insurers would continue to fund the salvage operation, including the recovery and processing of containers.

MSC New Zealand general manager Phil Abraham said it was too early to say what the total costs would be or if it would donate any more money. Where the $1m donation would be distributed had yet to be decided. “There’s a hell of a lot of unhappy people that we have to appease.”

By yesterday, six containers that had washed ashore at Waihi Beach had been removed, with another 10 remaining. Eleven containers will be removed from Matakana Island as soon as possible.

Members of the public caught taking items washed ashore from the containers could face prosecution under the Maritime Transport Act. Ownership of the cargo remained with the owner or the owner’s insurance company until they officially abandoned the right.

Several patches of oil sheen, measuring about 100 metres by 50 metres, had been identified, but no oil was expected to wash ashore until tonight.

RENA STARTS TO BREAK UP

There has been a significant change in the status of the Rena overnight, with the ship separated into two pieces that are now 20-30m apart. Seas of up to 6m hit the vessel overnight. Weather conditions continue to be poor, with the current severe weather expected to carry through for the next 3-4 days.

The forward section of the ship is in its original position on the reef, with the stern section broken away and moving significantly, but still on the reef.

There has been a significant discharge of containers and container debris from the ship. This may result in the 3nm exclusion zone being extended. The National Response Team has been activated to respond to the potential release of oil from the ship and to treat any affected wildlife

RENA UPDATE 145 - 6 January 2012 - 10.30AM

A total of 17 containers were removed from the no. 5 and 6 holds on Rena yesterday. Salvors plan to continue with container removal operations today while the weather remains favourable. This brings the total estimated number of containers still on board to 881. Some 389 containers in total have been removed from Rena, with 98 in total believed to have been lost overboard.

Salvors are preparing the ship for severe bad weather this weekend, with a low pressure system now expected to arrive on Saturday evening, carrying through to Sunday, with the worst weather now expected on Monday (9 Jan). This is forecast to result in a maximum wave height of 6-7m, which is among the worst weather to be forecast so far.

In expectation of the bad weather front, salvors will tomorrow (Saturday) bring the crane barge Smit Borneo back into port. Salvors will use the time to complete routine maintenance on the barge and carry out other work. The support vessel Go Canopus will remain on site to monitor the condition of Rena.

Containers on the bow of the vessel continue to remain lashed down and those that are safely accessible have been fitted with transponders in anticipation of the severe weather front coming through.

Work is continuing on erecting a temporary gangway between the forward and aft sections of ship, with a more permanent structure to be built.

High gas levels detected in the no.5 hold late yesterday caused work to be stopped for safety reasons. Breathing apparatus and other equipment is on the vessel to help manage the hazard, and levels are continuing to be monitored today.

No diving work took place yesterday due to the conditions, but divers hope to be able to inspect the recent damage to the vessel today. This will however be dependent on the conditions and will only occur when it is safe for them to enter the water.

The ship remains in a fragile but stable condition, with electronic sensors on board showing no significant change. Although effectively in two parts, the forward and aft sections of the vessel remain firmly grounded on the reef.

A 3NM exclusion zone remains in place around the vessel, as does a 1500 foot vertical air exclusion zone. Boaties are advised that the zone may need to be extended if the forecast bad weather results in more containers or debris being lost from Rena, as this will pose a hazard to shipping. If this occurs, navigational warnings will also be issued via maritime radio.

Containers : Braemar Howells are preparing vessels and other equipment in readiness to respond to potential container and debris loss from the Rena with the forecast bad weather. This includes preparing tow wires, ropes and trawl nets to collect debris and containers that may come off the vessel.

Work on collecting container debris from Motiti Island is continuing today, comprising mainly timber, milk powder and plastic. Teams are also collecting debris from other beaches.

Two teams yesterday found debris at Papamoa Beach (mainly milk powder) and this is being collected. The public are again urged to please not touch the debris, as it makes recovery more difficult and may pose a hazard. Instead, anyone finding container debris is asked to please report it via the oil spill number: 0800 645 774.  Timber debris reported by fishermen in the water near Motiti Island yesterday and scattered over a wide area has been collected. Only small debris remains.

No sonar work was carried out yesterday due to technical problems. however sonar work has resumed today.

Oil spill response : Responders remain on standby and are ready to ramp up in anticipation of possible further releases of oil from Rena following the forecast bad weather this weekend.

A metallic sheen of oil was observed on both sides of the ship during this morning’s over flight, measuring about 50m wide and extending for about 4.2nm towards the north of the vessel.

Work is continuing at Leisure Island today and preparations to resume work at Matakana Island next week are continuing. Any sightings of oil can be reported to 0800 645 774, as lines will continue to be monitored over the weekend. Similarly, any reports of oiled wildlife should be reported to 0800 333 771.

 DAMAGED SHIP ON THE WAY BACK FROM ICE

The damaged Russian shipping vessel Sparta has begun its journey to open water after being stranded off the coast of Antarctica. The hull of the 48m ship was punctured when it hit an iceberg alongside the Antarctic ice shelf, about 3700km southeast of New Zealand, on December 16.

South Korean icebreaker Araon has began transferring fuel from the stranded ship, lifting its bow and exposing the 10cm by 40cm hole, about 1.5m below the waterline. That allowed metal plates to be welded over the hole.

The Araon was ploughing through the surface ice away from the ice shelf, creating a lane for both ships to follow to open water, the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) said in a statement. It was expected to rendezvous with its sister ship, Chiyo Mary, in the next 12 hours.

It was not known what the next step would be but RCCNZ has previously said the Sparta could be brought to Lyttelton for further repairs.

The Sparta was trawling for Patagonian toothfish when became stranded nearly two weeks ago. The 32 crew have since struggled to pump water out of the damaged ship and keep it afloat as they waited for emergency repair supplies. Last week a Royal New Zealand Hercules C130 was sent to the ship to drop pumps and other equipment.

 SHIP’S DOOR CLOSED TOO FAST SAYS TAIC REPORT

A ship’s watertight door in which the chief engineer died after being trapped for more than eight minutes was set to close too fast and its alarm may not have been working, an investigation has found.

The 34-year-old engineer on the Australian-registered ship Oceanic Discoverer, which was berthed in Napier, was trapped in the door for more than eight minutes in February 2009 before he was found. He was resuscitated but never regained consciousness and later died in hospital.

A Transport Accident Investigation Commission report found the door didn’t meet the minimum requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, and the ship’s safety management system didn’t ensure the watertight doors were properly maintained. It had been set in remote-close mode when the master closed it remotely from the bridge, which meant it would close automatically when the user released the opening handle, rather than local-control mode.

“The chief engineer possibly tried to pass through the door before it was fully open, and for some reason it began closing and trapped him,” a summary of the report said. “The door had been set to close at twice the allowable closing speed, which would have likely contributed to the accident.”

It was also possible the audible alarm warning that the door was closing wasn’t working, the report said.

The report says advice from various maritime administrations and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are inconsistent, and says they should look at having one recommended way of doing things when the safety issue spans a number of systems and problems.

It called on the Director of Maritime New Zealand to discuss watertight door safety with the IMO, and for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority chief executive to address issues with the safety management system on board the Oceanic Discoverer. It also recommended the manufacturer of the watertight doors to address possible design issues.

RENA OFFICERS FACE NEW CHARGES

The two sailors facing charges related to the grounding of the cargo ship Rena on the Astrolabe Reef are each facing a new charge of obstructing/perverting the course of justice.

The 236m ship struck the reef early on Wednesday October 5.

The Rena’s captain and navigation officer appeared in the Tauranga District Court where the new charges were laid. Details about why the new charges were laid were not revealed in court as the Crown required a time extension to allow new documents to be filed.

The men were also charged under the Maritime Transport Act for operating a vessel in a manner likely to cause danger and under the Resource Management Act for discharging a contaminant.

Judge Christopher Harding extended their interim name suppression. The pair was due to reappear in court on February 29.

RUSSIAN FISHING BOAT SENDS SOS CALL

A Russian fishing boat has sent a distress call from the Ross Sea, north of New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica. The Sparta, a 23-year-old Japanese built longliner, has 32 crew aboard, according to the Rescue Coordination Centre.

The rescue centre said the 55-metre ship is near the ice shelf in Antarctica. It is fishing for toothfish, one of the most lucrative species in the ocean.

The vessel issued a distress call on its satellite phone at 3am today (16/12) which was picked up in Norway, who passed it to New Zealand. Around 4.20am Sparta’s sister ship, Chiyo Maru no. 3 and confirmed Sparta was taking on water.

The rescue centre has spoken with Sparta, coordinator Tracy Brickles said. They told them the crew was pumping water out, but had offloaded non-essential crew onto the ice as a precautionary measure. Sparta was reported as being on a 13 degree list.

Ms Brickles said there were no helicopters which could undertake a rescue in the area and the best current option to assist Sparta was identifying a nearby vessel which could come to its aid.

“We have contacted a number of vessels,” Ms Brickles said. “However, the closest ones are hampered by heavy ice, making vessel movement very difficult. The closest vessel which can cut through the ice is several days away.”

Chiyo Maru no. 3 is about 290 nautical miles away and would take days to reach Sparta.

An American search and rescue team based at the Antarctic research centre at McMurdo Station was preparing a Hercules aircraft to fly over Sparta and assess the ice conditions. The aircraft was being prepared for flight, and would take off later this morning. The weather in the area currently is calm and about 3 degrees centigrade.

Sparta was registered to the Russian port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and is operated by a company known as Sea Raven. It was skippered by Starolat Pavlovich, a Russian, but its crew is likely to be either Cambodian or Vietnamese. The ship was approved to bottom-longline for toothfish by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

Sparta is likely to be carrying around 700 tonnes of light fuel oil for a type of fishing called an “Olympic fishery” because those with quota have to fish in the limited season regardless of the weather conditions.

The Ross sea covers 650,000 km2, and is the world’s southern-most fishery.

Toothfish, a late-maturing, slow-growing, long-lived species that can grow up two metres long, fetches about US$70 (NZ$95) a kilogram. The US takes about 80 per cent of New Zealand’s catch, much of it ending up in the gambling city of Las Vegas.

Last year No 1 Insung, a Korean longliner operating out of Bluff, sank in the same area with the loss of 22 crew.

MNZ will set up new unit for Rena inquiry

 Maritime New Zealand will establish a dedicated unit to manage the response, investigation and inquiry into the Rena’s grounding in Tauranga harbour.

The organisation has started advertising for a general manager for the unit that would be made up of “MNZ staff, secondees and specialists.”

About 350 of the 1700 tonnes of oil on board spilled into the ocean after the cargo ship ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef, Tauranga on October 5, and 65 containers are unaccounted for.

Several inquiries are under way and the ship’s master and navigational officer  have been charged under the Maritime Safety Act and are awaiting trial.

A Maritime New Zealand spokesman said the Rena response was expected to take up to two years - and a dedicated unit was needed so the organisation could also handle other business as usual activities.

“MNZ is a small organisation, and large numbers of staff are already working on these work streams. Given the long term nature of the Rena response, this will impact on MNZ’s ability to deliver its mandatory regulatory and safety functions.”

The new units core duties would be to provide and co-ordinate the investigations, prosecutions, salvage, operations and removal of the wreck as well as assisting with negotiations between the Rena’s owners and insurers.

Transport, Accident and Investigation Commission spo0kesman Peter Northcote said while most of the fact gathering had already been done, its investigation into the grounding was at an early stage. A timeframe of between 12 and 24 months from the accident date was common, but the commission aimed to have its investigation finished within a year, he said.

PORT AKMONS WILL SEAL UP BREAKWATER

Crayfish lurking in Port Taranaki’s breakwaters will get a shake-up next year when the structures are beefed up with thousands of tonnes of new akmons. New Plymouth residents cant help but notice a large pile of irregular-shaped concrete blocks accumulating behind Port Taranaki headquarters in recent months.

These are akmons and will be used to strengthen both the lee breakwater and main breakwater early next year.

Port Taranaki chief executive Roy Weaver said the akmons, which were made on site by port workers, would be used to strengthen and repair the breakwaters after heavy seas had moved and eroded some of the blocks over the years.

The breakwaters required ongoing maintenance and this latest spruce up would take about three years, he said. On the main breakwater, 13-tonne akmons would be used, while 4.5-tonne akmons would be used on the lee breakwater. Huge waves eroded and relocated akmons over time, so fresh ones were needed periodically, he said.

“On some parts of the breakwaters, holes, slumping and irregularities were visible, he said. “Akmons will get tossed around in big storms and they will roll around over time even though they are made of concrete.”

In 2008, raging seas tossed several 13-tonne akmons metres out of position and two ended up on top of the lee breakwater. An extra 100 akmons would be added to the main breakwater while the lee breakwater would get an extra 80, he said. A crane situated on top of the breakwaters would be used to lower the akmons into position. The budget for this year’s maintenance was $350,000 and the upgrade would be completed in five stages.

Breakwaters were a necessary feature at the port because it was not a natural port with calm conditions such as Wellington and, Auckland, Mr Weaver said.

Caption: Mr Weaver is shown at right with Port Taranaki Civil Supervisor Rob Wilson.

RUSTED ROPE COST SEAMAN HIS LIFE

An Indonesian crewman on a cruise ship drowned in Lyttelton Harbour earlier this year after falling from a lifeboat because a wire rope was so rusted it broke.

In January, the 29-year-old, who was not named, was greasing the wires of a lifeboat on the side of the ship MS Vollendam with another crew member when a wire snapped and both men fell into the water. One crewman was rescued after he clung to a bucket but the other man’s body was recovered hours later. He had been wearing heavy clothing and boots. Neither was wearing a life jacket.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) report into the accident, released last week, said that the wire that failed was “heavily corroded”. Ten other wires near the same lifeboat on the Vollendam were found to be corroded and needed replacing.

The design of the lifeboat davits - which are used to lower the boat into the water - meant it was difficult to apply a protective coating of grease to the wire, and to check it had been greased properly, the report said.

TAIC made three urgent safety recommendations, including telling the davit’s makers to alert all its customers about the problem and what should be inspected, and advising it should also look at redesigning the davit.

STATEMENT FROM OWNERS REGARDING RENA GROUNDING

“Following the grounding and spill from our vessel the Rena on October 5, we apologised to the people of New Zealand and particularly to those living around the Bay of Plenty and surrounding areas and we do so again with all sincerity,” owners Costamare have stated.

“The efforts of our appointed salvors, with the excellent support of Maritime New Zealand, have removed just about all of the oil on board and we thank and congratulate them for their efforts. We also thank the thousands of volunteers who have helped clean the beaches.

“Our insurers are working closely with the salvors and will be paying for the costs of removing the oil from the vessel. Our insurers will also continue to pay for the costs of salving the cargo and the vessel. In this respect, now that the oil has been removed, the focus will shift initially to the removal of the containers.

“Costamare will continue to assist the authorities with their investigation into the circumstances of the incident.”

TSUNAMI CAPTAIN NAMED INTERNATIONAL SEAFARER OF THE YEAR

The captain of a dry bulk vessel that calls at New Zealand ports has been recognised by Lloyds for outstanding seamanship during the Japanese tsunami. Captain Zhu Qianchun has been named “International Seafarer of the Year” at the Lloyd’s List Global Awards ceremony 2011 in London, sponsored by Lloyds Register.

Captain Zhu is master of Pacific Basin Shipping’s Port Pegasus, which last month called at Bluff. The timing of the awards meant he was unable to attend the ceremony.

The vessel, a handysize bulk carrier,  was berthed at Onahama, about 180 kilometres from the epicentre when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck. After watching the dock and terminal building collapse, and with a shoreside unloader still in one of the ship’s cargo holds, Captain Zhu and his crew battled the tsunami without the support of tugs, pilots, port control or linesmen.

An eight metre swell submerged the dock and for 18 hours captain and crew worked the vessel’s propulsion and steering. They manouvred the ship, often at full power, to fight the tsunami surges and keep it alongside the berth. Meanwhile the unloader was still fixed in the hold and at the end only two of 12 mooring lines were holding. When the tsunami subsided, the ship remained undamaged and there were no injuries to crew.

The company’s chief operating officer, Jan Rindbo said at the ceremony that Captain Zhu showed great leadership and skill on that devastating day, as well as tremendous maturity for a young man who had only been promoted to master one month prior to the event. Captain Zhu started his career with Pacific Basin 10 years ago.

Pacific Basin has a fleet of over 160 vessels, and is headquartered in Hong Kong. It has an office in Auckland and is represented in Bluff by Pacific Shipping Agencies Ltd.

LYTTLETON PORT INSURANCE CLAIM IS SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RECORD

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is working through what is thought to be the biggest single corporate insurance claim ever made in the Southern Hemisphere.

The ongoing claim process will run through a rebuild that will probably last five or more years. It will cost insurers and reinsurers hundreds of millions of dollars, with the total thought to be more than $300 million.

Despite the damage that rocked the port’s operating base as a result of the devastating earthquakes of February and June, the port has for the most part operated as efficiently as it can so that exports through its wharves have not suffered.

Those efforts were recognised at the 9th annual Champions of Canterbury event, which named the port for its exporting efforts as an innovative response to the earthquake recovery. Chief executive Peter Davie said the recognition was important to the company and staff.

Straight after the quakes the company had staff “walking over the hills to get to work because they couldn’t get through the tunnel … “I think it’s shown a heck of a lot of resilience from all of our staff to get the port up and running as quickly as it has … and I think on the innovation side of things, the fact that we’ve managed to take the majority of the rubble out of the central city and put it into reclamation is a really good solution - that means the community wins and we win,” he said.

The February and June quakes put the port out of operation on two occasions and damaged facilities. Export and import volumes through the port were good, with strong coal, log exports and container volumes continuing. The port was not hosting as many cruise ships this season, Mr Davie said.

 MARITIME QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK REVISED

Maritime New Zealand has now completed the clean slate review of commercial qualifications and operational limits that it began in April 2009.

The outcome is a relevant qualifications and appropriate operational limits framework (QOLF) meets industry needs while ensuring the safety of vessels, their crew, passengers and cargo, and protection of the marine environment. The final framework is now available.

The implementation programme for the QOLF also includes implementation of the amendments to the maritime STCW Convention agreed in Manila in June 2010. The STCW Convention sets international standards for seafarer certification, training and fitness for duty of watchkeepers.

Maritime New Zealand’s QOL/Manila programme will now:

• amend existing Maritime Rules to take account of key changes - initially to give effect to the initial Manila agreements and later to reflect th e new QOLF
• carry out further consultation on the redrafted rules
• develop new syllabuses
• develop and implement new systems, processes (including on-line application processes) and documentation to support the new framework
• ensure Maritime New Zealand staff are ready to support the new framework.

Download the Qualifications and Operational Limits (QOL) framework [PDF: 1.39Mb, 86 pages]

QOL framework update — summary of changes (June 2011) [PDF: 164Kb, 2 pages]

Further informaton is available on this topic at industry topic three: Maritime Qualifications Revised.

NEW TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PILOTS POPULAR

The new pilot training course provided by the New Zealand Maritime School is fully booked, and now under way.

An amendment to the Maritime Transport Act has changed the licensing requirements for harbour pilots. Last month the school ran a full first course under the new changes with eight pilots participating from around the country.

“Requirements for training have changed,” Captain Kees Buckens said. “Previously, pilot training was unregulated and differed extensively from port to port, but now these courses can contribute to mandatory continuous professional development requirements introduced by the amendment.”

The school has run a Maritime NZ-approved advanced pilot programme since 2004 and is the only training facility in New Zealand to offer the course. New Zealand has 15 main harbours and eight smaller harbours. Under the amended Act, each port must provide a structured training programme for pilots every five years.

Captain Buckens said that pilots in training at the school could have virtual operating experience of each of the ports in New Zealand because all of their operating features were programmed into the school’s simulators.

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