Operating Limits

20.21

Operating limits – only in respect to requirement to operate within lesser of operating limits assigned to ship

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Master of vessel, Arawhiti, MNZ No. 132497, exemption dated 9 May 2025, valid until 5 July 2025

Carriage of Cargoes – Stowage and Securing

24B.10(2)

Roll on/roll off ships – shipper of a road freight, road tank, or road livestock vehicles must not offer the vehicle for shipment on a ro-ro ship unless it is fitted with vehicle securing points and marked with an information plate

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• Lubricants New Zealand Limited (shipper) and road freight vehicle, FLC218, exemption dated 8 May 2025, valid until 15 May 2025
• Guntrip Logistics Limited (shipper) and road freight vehicle, PUW302, exemption dated 15 May 2025, valid until 22 May 2025

Crewing and Watchkeeping

31.42(a) and (b)

Minimum watchkeeping and special crewing requirements – crew must hold or demonstrate prescribed endorsements or ancillary proficiencies as required by a Minimum Safe Crewing document, and minimum number of crew holding certificates prescribed by rule 31.43 – only with respect to Second Engineer’s requirement to hold MEC2 certificate of competency

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Niwa Vessel Management Limited (owner), master, and vessel, Tangaroa, MNZ No. 101891, exemption dated 8 May 2025, valid until 30 June 2025

31.84(2)

Minimum crewing requirements as per Minimum Safe Crewing Document for passenger or non-passenger ships, as specified in tables and flowcharts

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Watersports Holdings Limited Partnership (owner), master, and vessel, Aotea, MNZ No. 101964, exemption dated 12 June 2025, valid until 17 June 2025

31.84(2)(b)

Ship cannot be operated unless there are on board seafarers holding the minimum required certificates and prescribed endorsements and minimum number of crew

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Holder of Local Launchman Licence (owner) and master of vessel, Maid of the Falls, MNZ No. 132443, exemption dated 8 May 2025, valid until 7 January 2026

31.84(4)(b)

Minimum crewing requirements for passenger ships operating within enclosed water limits – Table 11 only in respect to requirement for the Master of a vessel less than 24 metres, with 20 to 99 passengers on board to hold a Skipper restricted limits certificate of competency with passenger endorsement

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Holder of Local Launchman Licence (owner) and master of vessel, Maid of the Falls, MNZ No. 132443, exemption dated 8 May 2025, valid until 7 January 2026

Seafarer Certification

32.10(1)

Requirement to hold certificate and associated endorsements – only in respect to master of the vessel to hold a Skipper Restricted Limits certificate of competency

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Master of vessel, Maid of the Falls, MNZ No. 132443, exemption dated 8 May 2025, valid until 7 January 2026

Requirement to hold certificate and associated endorsements

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Te Toki Voyaging Trust (owner) and named master of vessel, Te Karere, MNZ No. 143526, exemption dated 14 May 2025, valid until 31 October 2025

Requirement to hold certificate and associated endorsements only in respect to the Master’s requirement to hold a Skipper Restricted Limits certificate of competency

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Watersports Holdings Limited Partnership (owner), master, and vessel, Aotea, MNZ No. 101964, exemption dated 12 June 2025, valid until 17 June 2025

Requirement to hold certificate and associated endorsements only in respect to requirement to hold a MEC2 certificate of competency

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Holder of Marine Engineer Class 4 and Marine Engineer Class 3 certificates of competency, and vessel, Tangaroa, MNZ No. 101891, exemption dated 8 May 2025, valid until 30 June 2025

Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships

40A.9(3)

A post-27 May 2004 ship of 7.5 metres or more in length overall that is not built in accordance with rule 40A.9(2) must be constructed under survey

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Lussomare Limited (owner) and vessel, Incognito, MNZ No. 143797, exemption dated 20 May 2025, valid until 10 April 2030

40A.15(1)(a)

Freeboard measurement requirements for ships with a continuous weather deck of 6 metres or less in length overall and for ships of 18 metres or more in length overall

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40A.24(1)(b)

Height above hatchway coamings and permanent weathertight sills of openings in deckhouses or companionways that give access into spaces below weathertight deck must comply with Table 40A.4A

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40A.24(2)(a)

Coaming heights requirements for ventilators on ships must comply with Table 40A.4B

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40A.40(1)

Electrical systems for ships 24 metres or less in length overall must comply with relevant classification society rules and applicable parts of the AS/NZS 3004.2 Electrical installations – Marinas and Boats

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40A.55(1), Appendix 3, 3.3

Provision of fire-fighting appliances in accordance with Appendix 3.3 restricted limit ships only in respect to non-portable foam and CO₂ extinguishers in a ship of 24 metres or more in length overall

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Cruise New Zealand Limited (owner), Master, and vessel, Rua Moana, MNZ No. 136601, exemption dated 14 May 2025, valid until 27 February 2029

Design, Construction and Equipment – SOLAS Ships

40B.20

Provision of life-saving appliances and arrangements specified by the applicable requirements of Chapter III of SOLAS only in respect to Chapter III, Regulation 26.3.1 – at least one of the rescue boats on a ro-ro passenger ship shall be a fast rescue boat complying with section 5.1.4 of the Code

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Kiwirail Limited (owner) and vessel, Aratere, MNZ No. 123845, exemption dated 20 May 2025, and expires on the sooner of:

1. the date the repairs to the fast rescue boat are complete; or
2. 27 May 2025

Design, Construction and Equipment – Fishing Ships

40D.11(4)

Any ship 16 metres or more in length extending to first deck above the design waterline, at each end of the machinery space

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Sanford Limited (owner) and vessel, San Koura Rangi, MNZ No. 143769, exemption dated 15 May 2025, valid until 14 May 2035

40D.11(5)

Any ship of 24 meters or more in length must be fitted with an after peak watertight bulkhead forward of the rudder stock which encloses the stern tubes in a watertight compartment and extends to the first deck above the design waterline

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Design, Construction and Equipment – Sailing Ships

40E.5(1)

Owner must ensure ship’s design approval meet and comply with requirements set out in 40E.5(1)(a) and (1)(b)

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Te Toki Voyaging Trust (owner) and named master of vessel, Te Karere, MNZ No. 143526, exemption dated 14 May 2025, valid until 31 October 2025

40E.7(1)

A post-10 April 2010 ship’s construction standards are considered to comply with rule 40E.6(1) when requirements set out in sub-rules (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d), are met

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40E.15(1)

Ready egress with certain requirements (set out in sub-rule (1)(a) to (1)(e)) must be provided, from decks or compartments that accommodation 12 or less persons, by stairways or by ladderways

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40E.15(2)

Ready egress with certain requirements (set out in sub-rule (2)(a) to (2)(g)) must be provided, from decks or compartments that accommodation 12 or less persons, by stairways

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40E.15(3)(a)

Minimum width of any single opening giving normal egress from any accommodation to open deck space must meet the requirements set out in sub-rule (3)(a)(i) to (iii) for ships less than 12 metres in length

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40E.15(5)

On ships of less than 24 metres in length, every accommodation space must be provided with two means of escape or as many efficient smoke detectors to give early warning of a fire emergency

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40E.24(1)

Ships must be fitted with bilge pumping systems capable of pumping from, and draining every watertight compartment in the ship that is neither a permanent oil nor water tank

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40E.25(1)

Every ship must be provided with the number, capacity and type of bilge pumps specified in Table 20

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40E.26(7)

Bilge suction pipes in ships of 10 metres or more in length, must meet the diameter requirements set out in sub-rule (7)(a) and (7)(b)

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40E.35(1)

Provision of diagrams and information set out in sub-rule (2) must be in a clear and legible form, and approved by a surveyor recognised by the Director

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40E.50(1)(a)

Provision of fire fighting appliances in accordance with requirements of Appendix 3 – only with respect to Appendix 3.3 ships of 12 metres or more but less than 24 metres

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40E.51(1)(a)

Provision of life saving appliances in accordance with requirements of Appendix 4 – only with respect to Appendix 4.1 ships that proceed beyond the offshore limit

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40E.52(1)

Provision of radio communication equipment in accordance with requirements of Appendix 5 – only in respect to Appendix 5.3 ships that proceed beyond a WHF coverage area

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Surveys, Certification and Maintenance

46.11(1)

Inspection of the outside of the ship’s bottom must be undertaken with the ship out of the water

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Kiwirail Limited (owner) and vessel, Aratere, MNZ No. 123845, exemption dated 16 May 2025 and expires on the sooner of:

1. the date Kaiārahi, MNZ no.13552 resumes service after dry docking; or
2. 31 August 2025

Ballast Water Management

300.100(4)

The owner and master of a ship must ensure the ballast water management system is in accordance with the standards and requirements specified in Appendix A only in respect to A.2.1.2 a ship constructed before 8 September 2017 must, from the applicable date of the relevant renewal survey under MARPOL Annex I determined in the flow chart, meet the ballast water performance standard (rule 300.140)

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Talley’s Group Limited (owner) and master of vessel, Amaltal Enterprise, MNZ No. 128379, exemption dated 12 May 2025, valid until 30 September 2025