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Safety Recommendation
087/04
Issued To
MSA
on 13 Jan 05
Draft an amendment to the Maritime Transport Act 1994 for the Minister?s consideration, to require masters or operators to report accidents to the head office of the Maritime Safety Authority within specified timeframes. Initial notification should be within 4 hours and a completed accident report within 3 days.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
The Maritime Safety Authority cannot accept this recommendation in its current form. As per our letter of 17th December in response to the preliminary recommendation (which is identical to the final recommendation), we do not support setting arbitrary time constraints for the reporting of accidents, as this may not reflect the reality of the situation many Masters find themselves in after an accident occurs.
Section 31 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994 requires mishaps, accidents and incidents to be notified to the authority ?as soon as practicable? by the Master.
The current arrangement allows the Master of the vessel to focus on the primary responsibility of ensuring the safety of life, environment and property after an accident rather than being distracted by prescriptive reporting requirements specified within the legislation. This is particularly so with smaller operators, to whom any amendment to the MTA94 would apply equally to those operators who may have larger resources available.
We do, however, appreciate that there is some confusion within industry as to the interpretation of ?as soon as practicable? for the reporting of incidents. For this reason the Maritime Safety Authority will be communicating with industry providing guidance as to what would be reasonably expected in reporting of accidents. This communication will occur when we implement recommendations 088/04 and 095/04 which we consider acceptable in an amended form.
Safety Recommendation
090/04
Issued To
SGS M&I Ships Management System
on 13 Jan 05
Ensure that the Safe Ship Management manuals for all vessels under his jurisdiction contain clear and concise instructions of how accidents are to be reported.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
It has been noted that in the procedures section of some of our older SSM manuals the requirement to report accidents an incidents to SGS M&I only (and not to the MSA) is stated. An advice (for inclusion in the SSM manual) will be sent to all our clients to ensure they are aware of the requirement to report accidents and incidents to the MSA.
Furthermore, if MSA choose to designate a more specific point of contact for accident and incident reporting, SGS M&I would be happy to circulate advice to their clients to facilitate this and thus improve current procedures.
Safety Recommendation
070/04
Issued To
Rawlinson Business Trust
on 16 Sep 04
Put in place procedures to ensure that the watchkeeping alarms fitted to all vessels operated by his company are used whenever a navigational watch is undertaken.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
[No reply received]
Safety Recommendation
033/04
Issued To
Queenstown Lakes DC
on 15 Jul 04
Conduct a safety assessment on the benefits of establishing navigational light beacons on prominent points around Lake Wakatipu to assist the safe navigation of vessels at night.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
The Council is currently compiling hazard ID data for lakes and rivers in this area. Lakes Wanaka/Hawea have been completed, Wakatipu is still to be completed. As part of this process we will be looking at where it may be beneficial to install nav aids in the future.
Funding for such things as beacons or any navigational aids must be included in the Council?s Annual Plan process in which funding has already been set for the next two years, therefore we are limited as to what can be done for this period.
Safety Recommendation
037/04
Issued To
MSA
on 15 Jul 04
Develop the restricted radar course to include other forms of electronic navigational aids, such as global position systems and echo sounders.
[This SR was also applicable to investigation 04-204 restricted limit passenger vessel "Freedom III", grounding, Lake Manapouri, 24 February 2004]
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
This recommendation is accepted dependant on the Maritime Safety Authority securing appropriate funding for policy and syllabus review for the proposed course from the Ministry of Transport in the financial year 05/06.
Safety Recommendation
038/04
Issued To
MSA
on 15 Jul 04
Revise the syllabus for Local Launch Operator and other relevant marine qualifications to include a practical electronic navigation aid component similar to but shorter than the revised restricted radar course referred to in safety recommendation 037/04.
[This SR was also applicable to investigation 04-204 restricted limit passenger vessel "Freedom III", grounding, Lake Manapouri, 24 February 2004]
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
This recommendation is accepted dependant on the Maritime Safety Authority securing appropriate funding for policy and syllabus review for the proposed course from the Ministry of Transport in the financial year 05/06.
Safety Recommendation
055/04
Issued To
MSA
on 15 Jul 04
Conduct a cost benefit analysis into the requirement that applicants renewing their Local Launch Operator's certificate, who have not had practical electronic navigation aid training, should attend such a course before a new certificate is issued.
[This SR was also applicable to investigation 04-204 restricted limit passenger vessel "Freedom III", grounding, Lake Manapouri, 24 February 2004]
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
This recommendation is accepted dependant on the Maritime Safety Authority securing appropriate funding for the Cost Benefit Study and industry consultation for the proposed course from the Ministry of Transport in the financial year 05/06.
Safety Recommendation
021/04
Issued To
Port of Auckland
on 12 May 04
Evaluate the information gained from the Taharoa wave rider buoy. If there is significant difference in the sea conditions between the Taharoa and Manukau or if the Taharoa wave rider buoy data is not available to POAL, he shall urgently take steps to place a wave rider buoy or other suitable measuring equipment close to the bar.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
Upon data access to the Taharoa wave buoy being agreed with the owners. POAL agree to undertake an evaluation to determine the correlation between the Taharoa wave buoy and the conditions experienced at the Manukau Bar. This information would be supplied to users.
POAL have concerns about the practicality of locating a wave buoy at the Manukau Bar. Conditions are at times severe off the bar and the buoys life expectancy coupled with the economics of such a buoy is questioned.
Safety Recommendation
022/04
Issued To
Bureau Veritas
on 12 May 04
Put in place an inspection regime to check for load stress cracks in rudderstocks made from high-strength steel of tensile strength exceeding 400 MPa or yield strength exceeding 200 MPa that were manufactured to comply with the 1996 rules.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
With reference to the recommendation 022/04 of the TAIC report 03-212, please be advised that Bureau Veritas are not yet in a position to take a final decision on the appropriate measures to be taken.
This recommendation is also being considered in the light of the explanations that have been given to IACS whereby, according to our understanding, "high-grade steel" should be regarded in the present context as any grade of steel allowing a reduction in diameter of the rudderstock in compliance with the applicable class rules in force. However, we are still not quite sure as to how it should be implemented, as most of the ships are nowadays fitted with rudderstocks with a reduced diameter as per these rule, and therefore the recommendation made by the report should virtually apply to all modern ships.
Safety Recommendation
027/04
Issued To
Permanent Secretary IACS
on 12 May 04
Advise all member Classification Societies of this accident and that where a reduction in diameter was granted for rudderstocks made of high-strength steel, surveyors and ship operators should be aware of the possibility of load stress cracking. Vessels fitted with such rudderstocks should be inspected to check for such cracks.
Implementation Status:
Open
Reply:
IACS members have carefully considered your recommendation and have concluded that they cannot adopt it as it would likely require the dismounting of the whole rudder system of all the existing ships fitted with rudder stocks of higher strength steel and the root causes of this incident have not yet been fully established.
In order to justify the adoption of the recommendation, a fracture mechanics/crack propagation analysis should be developed; however, this analysis is neither simple nor rapid to carry out and I regret we are not in a position to undertake it.
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