SaltyC wrote: From NZ Herald/Northern Advocate Goodhew is charged with breaching his duties as a worker on the vessel and in doing so allegedly exposed individuals to a risk of death or serious injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a $150,000 fine. His business, which trades as Enchanter Charters Ltd, is charged with operating a ship without the prescribed qualified personnel. It alleged Goodhew did not have a medical certificate at the time of the incident. The business is also charged with allegedly failing to address voyage and passage planning in its Maritime Transport Operation Plan, and allegedly failing to identify and address the risks arising from the trip. By failing to take those steps, the business exposed individuals to a risk of death or serious injury, the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of a $1.5 million fine, alleged. |
Fish Addict wrote:
Perhaps I'm incorrect but those charges read to me as if it's a bit of a witch hunt? I acknowledge that perhaps the vessel was required to have a crew member with a medical certificate onboard however that would have had no bearing on the outcome. With respect to the company's Maritime Transport Operation Plan failing to address voyage and passage planning that doesn't mean that voyage and passage planning didn't occur each and every time they put to sea. Do you read or need to be reminded of the road rules each time you jump in your car? |
Didn’t really want to post anything on this topic but couple points need explaning.
1/ I’m
not fully up to date with new skipper qualification ticket requirements but I would
assume that the skipper given the amount of time he has been chartering all
these years would have had an old legacy ticket. Which means they we granted
for life, like our drivers licences which were also grant for life but the
rules were changed so that you had to renew them every 10 years, MNZ also
changed the rules.
All old legacy tickets still retained the lifetime rule so long as you "ring-fenced" those within a certain timeframe or you had to resit for them. This was done because MNZ didn’t know just who & how many of these legacy tickets were out there, as a lot of the paper work for them was lost and with some tickets MNZ didn’t know what restrictions or requirements these tickets held. Now with these old legacy tickets in order to keep them current & valid the only requirement was that you had to complete a 1st aid and medical certificate every 2 years of which the medical cert had to be lodged with MNZ. So if the skipper had not done this them he would have been operating with an invalid ticket, in saying that though a crew member if they had valid ticket could have allowed the skipper to still operate the vessel but then any charges would have been against that person and since this doesn’t appear to be the case then MNZ is charging the correct person.
2/ With respect to the company's Maritime Transport Operation Plan failing to address voyage and passage planning that doesn't mean that voyage and passage planning didn't occur each and every time they put to sea. MNZ know doubt would have done an audit on the vessels MTOP and perhaps found something that was outside of the MTOP which doesn’t mean to say that the plan for that trip or subsequent trips was wrong but any changes to MTOP has to be recorded in it. MNZ rules are very strict and can be a nightmare to follow & even implement, I am surprised that there hasn’t been more incidents as there are some real cowboys out there operating charters when they should be.
Pcj wrote: Now to follow on with Paihia ferry incident. Hope they treat thr vessel at fault with same regard as the Enchanter skipper is facing |
Pcj wrote: Turns out to be a trophy,where the boston whaler came from who knows |
Pcj wrote: some guy fitted a the vhf up north and he said its a trophy on crew.org so can only take his word,minimal damage though
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Titahi wrote:
Actualy PCJ the link you posted has a bloke (Ex Machina) who states its a trophy. The guy who fitted the VHF ( Far North Boy) to the boat doesnt state what the make it is...... Its a misrepresentation to say the guy who fitted the VHF states its a Trophy! How about waiting for the facts to come out. |
"...The skipper is also charged with operating, maintaining or servicing any ship without holding a current medical certificate.
Zefiro Charters Ltd has been charged under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to comply with duty and the failure exposed any individual to risk of death or serious injury.
This included failing to provide crew with adequate training to ensure the Maritime Transport Operator Plan was implemented..."
Pcj wrote: TKD No, I don't check the road code every time I get behind the wheel of my car, Perhaps you should re read the rd code,came to a major intersection and lights not working,no one had any idea who they give way to,so I just sailed on through as all just stopped . Give way to your right,just like it is around about with no actual round about,simple really |
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