Jail Sentence of 'Rena' Officers Applauded by MNZ
Press ReleaseFriday, May 25, 2012
Photo credit MNZ
Master and Second Officer of 'Rena' are sentenced on a total of 11 charges laid
by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ), following an investigation into the ship's
grounding on the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga
MNZ laid six charges against the Master, Mauro Balomaga, and five charges
against the Second Officer, Leonil Relon, following the grounding. Both men
pleaded guilty to all charges against them.The two men were each sentenced to
seven months imprisonment.
The Director of MNZ, Keith Manch, said the two senior officers, who were
responsible for the navigation of the ship, had breached basic principles of
safe navigation.
After a passage plan for the journey from Napier to Tauranga had been prepared,
the Master had given approval for the Second Officer to deviate from the plan
to make good time.
These alterations were not adequately recorded or an amended passage plan
developed. Neither were the alterations verified using appropriate navigational
methods.
Dangers to navigation, such as reefs, safe passing distances and adjustments to
navigational equipment were not identified and highlighted.
The final alteration to the course of the ship, around 1.35am, put Rena
directly on target to hit the Astrolabe Reef. No further steps were taken to
project Rena's position forward along the new course, or estimate where the
alteration would take the ship.
About 10 minutes before the grounding, the Astrolabe Reef appeared as an echo
on Rena's radar. At this stage, there was sufficient time to make an effective
alteration of course and avoid the reef. The Master saw the echo and assumed it
was a small vessel however, after looking for the vessel and not finding it,
he dismissed it as a false echo.
When Rena ran aground, at 2.14am, the impact left the bow section stuck fast on
the reef, and sheered about 60 metres of keel away from the bow section of the
ship, which began taking on water.
Mr Manch said the Master and Second Officer had failed to implement and follow
basic principles of passage planning to ensure the safe navigation of the
vessel.
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