New Winter Sailing Schedule

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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Looking for a crossing after this date? View next season's sailing schedule here. Please contact a member of our team on 0800 162 322 to discuss your Cook Strait shipping requirements today.

Vessel back in service

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1300

The last of the parts from Germany arrived yesterday and after completing successful engine and sea trials the Santa Regina has returned back to her regular sailing schedule. We would like to thank those who worked extremely hard to minimise the disruption to our customers during the past week.

Vessel temporarily out of service

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1300

We are being proactive about contacting and assisting freight operators booked on Santa Regina sailings. We would like to sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this engineering disruption has caused you or your customers and we thank you for your continued patience. Everyone is working very hard to get the vessel back up and running as soon as possible.

If you require further assistance or would like to check the status of your sailing please contact us.

New Cook Strait lashing point requirements

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1200

Overview

Securing points are required to be fitted on the following vehicles, including semi-trailers, with a gross mass of 3.5 tonnes or more in weight before they may be carried on ro-ro ships on coastal and international voyages:

road freight vehicles
road tank vehicles
road livestock vehicles

These requirements apply to all loaded road freight vehicles including b-trains, semi-trailers and low-loaders. As previously, rule 24B.10 does not apply to caravans, motor homes or other similar types of passenger vehicle such as coaches or buses. It also does not apply to vehicles of less than 3.5 tonnes in weight.

What has changed?

The 2012 amendments to rule 24B.10 replaces the reference standard for the engineering and marking of lashing points from a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization to a more widely used New Zealand Standard. The two standards are equivalent, and vehicles previously fitted with securing points meeting the ISO standard will comply with the amended rule.

Make clear that semi-trailers (a vehicle designed to be coupled to a semi-trailer towing vehicle and to impose a substantial part of its total weight on the towing vehicle) are included in the class of heavy transport units required to have securing points.

Limits the requirement for vehicles to have securing points to units transported on ro-ro ships engaged in coastal and international voyages.

The amendments are effective from 17 May 2012.

Initially, we will work together with MNZ to educate our customers about the new requirements, and stress the need for any non-complying vehicles to have securing points fitted as soon as practicable. After three months, MNZ will step up compliance activity.

How do I ensure my unit is compliant?

To be shipped units must be NZS5444:2005 Part 2 compliant:

Placard or Information plates (Anchor and number) This tells us that your lashing points comply
Lashing points
Lashing points that are not obviously deficient
Lashing points of a contrasting colour

More information

The new requirements are set out in Maritime Rules Part 24B Carriage of Cargoes – Stowage and Securing Amendment 2012 under the authority of the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

For further information please visit the Maritime New Zealand website

NZS5444:2005 can be purchased from www.standards.co.nz

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