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Sea safety ban keeps sailor in port

An American overstayer has been banned from sailing from the Bay of Islands for the Pacific Islands because his yacht is unsafe.

Cargo ship ordered to cease operations after collision

Maritime NZ to develop lifejacket safety system

Maritime New Zealand says it is working with the fishing industry to develop new safety systems that may make wearing lifejackets compulsory when crossing bars such as the dangerous Grey River.

Maritime NZ bears brunt of Rena costs

Frostbitten workers cost company $22k

A fish processing company has been ordered to pay $22,000 after two of its employees suffered frostbite while unloading fish from a vessel last year.

Greens attack oil-spill levy

A proposed levy increase on the maritime industry to pay for cleaning up possible oil spills has been labelled "madness" by an MP.

High tech planes fight crime

Editorial: Rena lesson - yes, we'll cope

When the Rena hit the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga, we were in the middle of the Rugby World Cup. The scale of the disaster took a while to sink in. Did we panic?

Are we ready for another Rena?

We can take some serious lessons from this and we are lucky to have the opportunity to refine our ability to respond and mitigate damage in any future events, writes Sam Judd.