DATA DRIVES AMSA COMPLIANCE FOCUS


Incident and inspection data on emerging risks to safety, continues to sharpen the compliance focus of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) with the release of its third consecutive National Compliance Plan on 1 July 2022.


AMSA Executive Director of Operations, Michael Drake, says the plan outlines the regulator’s compliance activities for the year to come, and its achievements for the previous year.


“We are very pleased to see that overall, deficiency and detention rates for foreign-flagged and regulated Australian vessels remain low and this is because we continue to take a zero-tolerance approach to sub-standard shipping,” Mr Drake says.


“Despite this progress, there is always room for improvement which is why we have outlined a number of focus areas for compliance for the 2022-23 financial year.


“Data shows that in recent years there has been a steady rise in issues relating to planned maintenance like failures or defects in onboard critical equipment, vessel structure and fire safety around cargo operations on foreign-flagged and regulated Australian vessels.


“Water and weathertight integrity issues are also on the rise across these vessels, particularly on bulk carriers, after an increase in the proportion of all detainable deficiencies identified during inspections leaped from 4.1% in 2019 to 9% in 2021.”


NEW MARINE RESCUE BOAT OFFICIALLY WELCOMED TO JERVIS BAY


Parliamentary Secretary for Australia’s South Coast, Shelley Hancock, has officially welcomed Marine Rescue Jervis Bay’s $791,000 rescue boat Jervis Bay 41 in a ceremony conducted at Huskisson this afternoon.


Ms Hancock was joined by Marine Rescue NSW Commissioner Stacey Tannos and Mayor of Shoalhaven City Council Amanda Findlay in a ceremony to officially commission Jervis Bay 41 to the Marine Rescue NSW fleet.


“Jervis Bay 41 is one of 38 new rescue vessels funded by a $37.6 million four-year State Government investment to support the vital, life-saving work of Marine Rescue NSW volunteers,” Ms Hancock said.


WORLD’S FIRST FAST ELECTRIC FERRY IS SET TO ENTER SERVICE IN NORWAY


The world’s first fully electric and zero-emission fast ferry, classed as a high-speed craft, recently completed construction and is being delivered to its new homeport in Stavanger, Norway. After final trials, the vessel, MS Medstraum, is scheduled to begin a regular commuter service in Norway.


The vessel was built using a unique modular manufacturing method at the Norwegian shipyard, Fjellstrand. According to the shipyard, modularisation helped to cut both production costs and engineering costs and will contribute to making electric-powered


high-speed vessels competitive in terms of both cost and the environment.


“It’s been challenging building this ship, as it’s never been done before, but we’ve learned a lot. Fast ferries require a lot of energy so we needed to make Medstraum lighter and a lot more efficient than traditional fast ferries,” said Edmund Tolo, head of research and development at Fjellstrand AS.


10 | The Report • September 2022 • Issue 101


International Marine News


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