010/03

Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Holcim NZ
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Instigate regular monitoring and logging of the critical operating oil pressures and flows of the controllable pitch propeller system under repeatable standardised operating conditions. Ensure that data collected is understood by the engineers and is sufficient to give warning of a possible failure in the unit. The maintenance system of the vessel should include the action to be taken if the values obtained deviate from those specified by the manufacturer.
Reply Text
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd. accepts the preliminary report and will agree and comply with the two safety recommendations contained in clause 4. We wish to comment further as follows:

Since the “Westport” incident at Onehunga on 21 November 2002, parts of the two safety recommendations from the TAIC preliminary report have already been put into place. The two safety recommendations will be implemented in full.
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