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MNZ
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The major alteration and modification of fishing vessels without approval, survey and certification. Other classes of vessel may also be a risk from unapproved modifications.
Reply Text
Maritime New Zealand has amended its survey certification and monitoring
processes to introduce the common survey checklists which require surveys to assess all aspects of a vessels, including reviewing its design approval at each survey. The vessel as survey is compared with the design and construction as approved and any unapproved modification isolated and addressed at that stage.
These checklists are currently in trial and an implementation date has been agreed as 1 September 2009. Additionally, the current form for the application for the issue of an SSM certificate requires design approval to be reviewed by the SSM company as part of the vessel’s application.
processes to introduce the common survey checklists which require surveys to assess all aspects of a vessels, including reviewing its design approval at each survey. The vessel as survey is compared with the design and construction as approved and any unapproved modification isolated and addressed at that stage.
These checklists are currently in trial and an implementation date has been agreed as 1 September 2009. Additionally, the current form for the application for the issue of an SSM certificate requires design approval to be reviewed by the SSM company as part of the vessel’s application.
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