New regulations gazetted today will help revolutionise the way New Zealand’s commercial fisheries are managed and monitored, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. The regulations require the use of geospatial position reporting (GPR), e-logbooks, and cameras across the commercial fishing industry and are being rolled out from 1 October this year. “Digital monitoring is going to revolutionise the way we make fisheries management decisions, and help ensure that we are protecting the sustainability of New Zealand’s fisheries. It will give us arguably the most transparent and accountable commercial fishery anywhere in the world,” says Mr Guy. “This new technology will…

Two crowdfund investors in failed Balex Marine have bought the Tauranga company's assets because they say its boat loader is too good to fail. Two expat Kiwi businessmen who participated in Balex Marine's $330,000 equity crowdfunding have now bought the automatic boat loader's assets from the liquidator for an undisclosed sum. The innovative loader is "too good to fail", they say. Liquidators were appointed to the Tauranga-based company and its sister firm Suelex last month after Balex couldn't find a new funding lifeline when high costs and slow sales had drained its coffers. The boat loader raised $330,000 through 80…

It's always a buzz to see whatt's going on on the factory floors of businesses in New Zealand.  Here is a prime example of innovation, persistance and application about  Nick Fentan MD of Tino Marine and published in the mornings NZHerald  .  .  .  > > > Continue here to read the article in full with images . . .

A dirty vessel ordered to leave Tauranga in the weekend will have to be thoroughly cleaned before it can re-enter New Zealand waters, says the Ministry for Primary Industries. MPI ordered the DL Marigold to leave New Zealand within 24 hours on Sunday. The order followed the discovery of dense fouling of barnacles and tube worms on the bulk carrier’s hull and other underwater surfaces by MPI divers. “The longer the vessel stayed in New Zealand, the greater chance there was for unwanted marine species to spawn or break away from the ship. So we had to act quickly,” says…

Vesper Marine, an Auckland based  manufacturer of innovative marine safety products, has released  its revolutionary smartAIS technology. Combined with award-winning, proven Vesper Marine products, smartAIS provides used capabilities – including the world’s first black box AIS transponder with built-in safety alarms – to make boating safer and more enjoyable. Unlike other manufacturers’ solutions that simply send and receive AIS data, Vesper Marine’s smartAIS goes much further. An active system with smart alarm logic, it proactively alerts boaters of potentially hazardous situations. Putting users in control, smartAIS combines navigation sensor data, and GPS and AIS information, with intelligent alarm management that…

Emirates Team New Zealand have splashed their new AC50 in Auckland this morning and revealed another break-though. In the 2013 America's Cup the team designed the first foiling catamaran even though that concept was not contemplated in the rules. It was widely reckoned that they revealed their secret too early and other teams were able to copy in the time available. Instead of conventional grinding pedestals the AC50 features cycle grinding pedestals ('pedalstals') which allow the crew to use their more powerful leg muscles to grind and provide the power for the AC50 systems. All other teams have used conventional…

FEBRUARY 13, 2017 — All American Marine, Inc. (AAM), Bellingham, WA, who are Teknicraft Design's North American builder have won a contract to build a 600-passenger aluminum monohull passenger vessel for San Francisco's Red and White Fleet. To be christened Enhydra, the vessel will be 128 ft long with a molded beam of 30 ft and will be the first aluminum hulled, Lithium-Ion battery-electric hybrid vessel built from the keel up under U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter K passenger vessel regulations and the latest guidelines for structural fire protection. All American Marine partnered with BAE Systems to design and integrate the…

The stability of a catamaran design has found its way into a new very practical application in the form of a yacht tender with an innovative lightweight design from New Zealand now being represented by Multihull Central. The Takacat dinghies range from 2.4m to 3.8m with either an open bow or closed tapered bow and are designed to save weight, offer superior stability and are an affordable alternative to the regular cumbersome RIBs currently available for cruisers. Thanks to the large pontoons on each side, the Takacat doesn’t lean over and become unstable like traditional dinghies and drives well through…

Suez Canal traffic data showed that 213 ships transited the canal, with a total load of 12m tonnes, from 11 to 15 December.  An average of 42.6 ships transited the canal per day during that period, with an average load of 2.4m tonnes per day. The average load per ship was about 56,340 tonnes during that period. Compared to July 2015, before the inauguration of the New Suez Canal, the average daily number of transiting vessels totaled 47 vessels, with an average load of 2.758m tonnes per day. Three major container ships—the Danish vessels Mayview Maersk, Malta’s Tihalma, and the…

Yachting New Zealand has selected after an in depth design process the Lancer RK5000 “Ultimate Support Boat” as their new coach boat for their development programs. From the outset of the project it was clear that modern sailing has put even greater demand on support vessels than is currently available. Lancer Industries Ltd and Yamaha Motor New Zealand who are long term suppliers to Yachting New Zealand, have teamed up to create a RIB package that will perform to these high standard requirements. Lancer drew on the extensive knowledge of coaches, fleet managers and experts to create three key requirements;…

Hanse is the German yacht brand that has rocketed the Hanse Group and Team Windcraft in Australia to success over the past couple of decades. The upward trend looks set to continue thanks to a recent 12 million Euro investment in new manufacturing technology by the Hanse Group and the launch of the newly designed Hanse 8 series. The brain-child of Michael Schmidt, who won the Admrial’s cup in 1985, Hanses were always going to be sailors' boats. Hanse says many experienced yacht sailors choose Hanse because of "the responsive handling and superb sailing experience". Schmidt favours the high aspect…