Latest rule updates

Maritime Rules Part 40E: Design, Construction & Equipment - Sailing Ships

Part 40E outlines requirements for the design, construction and equipment of sailing ships and applies to all commercial sailing ships that have an engine.

Maritime Rules Part 40E: Design, Construction & Equipment - Sailing Ships [PDF: 33Kb, 79 pages]

Part 42B 2009 Amendment updates the requirements for the inspection and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers.

Amendment to Part 42B, 2010 [PDF: 34Kb, 5 pages]

Part 90:Pilotage (Appointment of Pilots & Pilotage Exemptions)

Part 90 Amendment 2010 removes the restriction in rule 90.5(4) on the granting of exemptions under Section 47 of the Maritime Transport Act in respect of pilotage of oil tankers.  The amendment permits exemptions to be granted for  tankers which are not capable of carrying more than 5000 tonnes of oil and which are used primarily for ship-to-ship bunkering within a pilotage area.

Amendment to Part 90, 2010 [PDF: 119Kb, 7 pages]

Part 200: Offshore Installations – Discharges

The Part 200 rules made in 2006 are revoked. The new Part 200 builds on and extends the requirements of the previous Part 200. These include the requirement for operators of offshore installations to manage discharges, and prepare and respond to spills of harmful substances, under a discharge management plan approved by the Director of Maritime NZ.

This part provides, where appropriate, different requirements for installations in the territorial sea (which are subject to the Resource Management Act 1991) from the requirements for offshore installations within the exclusive economic zone or beyond the exclusive economic zone but above the continental shelf of New Zealand.

Part 200 gives effect to the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships 1973/78 (MARPOL) and the International Convention on Oil Pollution
Preparedness, Response and Cooperation 1990 (OPRC) in respect of offshore installations.

Marine Protection Rules Part 200: Offshore Installations – Discharges [PDF: 320Kb, 56 pages]