Amaltal Fishing Co Ltd has won its appeal against the March 2021 conviction for taking marine life from the Hikurangi Marine Reserve for commercial purposes, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse in breach of the Marine Reserves Act.
Read MoreBIMCO’s IOCD clauses (Infectious or Contagious Diseases Clauses) are being updated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MorePeter Dawson appeared at the sentencing of Amaltal Fishing Company Limited in a matter where the skipper of an Amaltal fishing vessel lost situational awareness and trawled briefly in a marine reserve.
Read MoreIn their latest Covid-19 Maritime Industry Update 57, Maritime New Zealand update the industry on issues relating to our maritime border.
Read MoreOver the past years we have acted for Buyers and Sellers on a number of high value superyacht sales in Florida, and have established a network of surveyors, documentation agents and local contacts to assist in each aspect of these transactions.
Read MoreMaritime New Zealand’s update and the Ministry of Health’s updated Covid-19 Public Health Response (Maritime Border) Order (No.2) 2020 focus the rules brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreWe are frequently asked about exemptions to the general prohibition on bringing foreign vessels into New Zealand.
Read MoreNew Zealand Customs has announced a blanket extension for private vessels with a Temporary Import Entry (TIE) that is due to expire. The new expiry date is 1 July 2021.
Read MoreNew laws and guidance have recently been provided as the situation with Covid changes within and outside New Zealand. The Ministry of Health have provided guidance focusing on New Zealand’s border and the Covid-19 Public Health Response (Maritime Border) Order 2020, whilst the Ministry of Transport has provided advice for transport operators.
Read MoreWith the arrival of Level 1 in New Zealand and the move to recover from the effects of Covid-19 to the economy, the country seems to be returning to a relative state of normality, save that the borders remain closed except for very limited exceptions.
Read MoreThe High Court has ruled that Singaporean flagged vessel Umuroa (Grt 71,142) cannot disconnect the pipes linking the vessel to the oil wells in the Tui field off the coast of Taranaki on New Zealand’s east coast for the time being.
Read MoreThis was one of the questions recently asked in the Australian Federal Courts. The relevant Australian statute, The Admiralty Act 1988 allows claims to be brought against ships and in this case a warrant of arrest was issued against the Defendant, an ROV, the Saab Seaeye Leopard 1702.
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