Inquiries & Recommendations

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Place prominent signs on rail platforms warning against cycling or similar activities.

The published information concerning VFR Operations in areas such as Mt Cook, Franz Josef/Fox Glacier, Milford Sound. Mt Ruapehu, Rotorua and other "Tourist designated areas" should be revised and expanded to give all pilots ready access to as much relevant information as practicable regarding items such as promulgated flight routes, designated Reporting Points, minimum heights above recognised geographic features and the specific detail regarding procedures followed by local operators in the particular area, in addition to the requirement concerning radio frequencies to be used or monitored.

Ensure that sufficient resources are put into maintaining the Shotover Jet Limited fleet in a state of repair appropriate for its intended use.

Liaise with Port Otago Limited and the appropriate regional council to consider the other factors affecting the safe operations of ships and tankers at the Oil Wharf as identified in the risk assessment.

formulate Maritime Rules for the management and prevention of fatigue among seafarers on New Zealand commercial vessels that are not covered by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW-95).

Conduct a safety assessment on the benefits of establishing navigational light beacons on prominent points around Lake Wakatipu to assist the safe navigation of vessels at night.

revise the educational material on wake turbulence to include guidance for operations at uncontrolled aerodromes, and to emphasise that pilots should observe the ICAO recommended minimum separation distance between light aircraft and report any severe wake turbulence incidents.

On 18 November 2020 the Commission recommended that Maritime New Zealand ensure that future Maritime Rules require appropriate stability, buoyancy, and survivability assessments with respect to a vessel’s area of operation, and that information is made available for all domestic commercial passenger vessels.

Institute standard operating procedures for maritime based activities in the port. These procedures should be prepared in conjunction with the port marine services provider. Items to be covered, but not limited to, should include limiting conditions, critical decision processes and chain of command.

Considers introducing a requirement that engine compartment main fuel supply hoses be subject to "Hard Time Maintenance", rather than "On-Condition Maintenance" procedures, leading to replacement of all such fuel hoses on a basis of accumulated time in service and/or at the end of a defined calendar period as appropriate.

take all appropriate steps to ensure that information about flight instructor demographics (e.g. qualifications, experience levels, age) and flight instructor performance and competency levels is regularly collected, categorised and recorded in a way that will enable it to be analysed meaningfully

critically review each rescue boat and its launching arrangement in the Interisland Line fleet and ensure that the crew are afforded a level of protection against mishap that is commensurate with the function of the craft, paying particular attention to seating arrangements in craft purchased in future.