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Ferry Owner Fined After Control System Failure
New Zealand ferry company Fullers Group has been fined for failure to mitigate the risks arising from a known fault on one of the company's ferries. Fullers was fined NZ$40,000 ($28,000) and ordered to pay reparations of NZ$90,000 ($64,000) after passengers were injured when the Auckland ferry Kea collided with Victoria wharf at Devonport on February 17, 2015. Maritime NZ Regional Compliance Manager, Northern, Neil Rowarth said while the company had identified problems with the vessel’s digital control system, it had failed to adequately manage the risk to ensure the safety of passengers and crew. A new control system installed on the Kea in October 2014 was designed to allow the master to control the vessel from four separate stations on the bridge. Faults were identified with the system when transferring control between stations in the system’s automatic mode of operation. Read more at http://maritime-executive.com/article/ferry-owner-fined-after-control-system-failure
Everyone went flying' - chaos as ferry smashes into Auckland wharf
A passenger on a ferry that smashed into a wharf in Devonport this morning says "everyone went flying and all the chairs went flying".A dozen passengers and crew were injured, some needing hospital treatment after the terrifying crash. The Fullers ferry KEA ploughed into a concrete beam at the Devonport wharf at 10.40am with more than 60 people onboard."All of a sudden I saw this coming up at me, and I thought I think were gonna hit. And he did, he crunched right in," passenger Doug Lavery, a Canadian tourist, told ONE News."It kind of went straight into the wharf. He didn't really stop at all and it seemed like he just didn't know what was happening," said Stacey Mannion, one of a dozen passengers hurt."Everyone went flying and all the chairs went flying. I just hit my knee and got a few grazes." Others were left with more serious injuries."Possibly some broken bones. One women was briefly knocked out and they're all being treated at North Shore Hospital," said Inspector Cornell Kluessien of Waitemata police. Police say the vessel had slowed down and was preparing to dock when it smashed into the wharf.Mr Lavery said it could have been much worse. "It could have been going at real speed and then it would have really been a disaster. We would have been thrown I'm sure."Passengers who spoke to ONE News have been critical of Fullers staff in its handling of the situation. They claim they were left to fend for themselves without a single crew member addressing the shaken passengers. Fullers management say they're aware of the complaints but are yet to speak to the crew involved. Fullers insisted the KEA was reliable and had made more than 10,000. The company and Maritime New Zealand are now investigating. Source : TVNZ
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