The Daily Blog Open Mic – 6th June 2025
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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This is another task for the government National-Uncorked that they will have to defer. Like the tax report and….and…
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2506/S00136/taic-recommends-ban-on-substandard-ships.htm
Friday, 6 June 2025, 7:51 am
Press Release: Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Substandard ships should be banned from New Zealand, under appropriate criteria, says the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) in its final report into the container ship Shiling, which twice had to be rescued and towed back to port in 2023.
TAIC’s Chief Investigator of Accidents, Naveen Kozhuppakalam, says substandard ships represent a real risk to their crew members, to New Zealanders – including coastal and harbour pilots, stevedores, and other contractors – and to New Zealand’s coastal environment.
“The Commission found that the Shiling had a history of deficiencies and that it’s virtually certain the ship wasn’t seaworthy while in New Zealand.”
On 15 April 2023, the Shiling was under pilotage outbound from Wellington and had just initiated a turn into the harbour entrance channel when it suffered a total loss of electrical power, which caused the main engine to stop. The ship’s momentum carried it into shallow water, and the crew used both anchors to prevent grounding. Harbour tugs then towed theShiling back to its berth for repairs.
“The Commission found that a cracked cylinder liner in an auxiliary generator caused the blackout. It found the ship’s generators and several other safety-critical systems were in a deteriorated condition, despite the ship holding valid statutory and classification society certificates,” said Mr Kozhuppakalam.
20 mins that talks us through a dead man’s ideas. If you have heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer WW2 killed in 1943 for fighting for good, trying to bring good and not evil, here is more thoughtful stuff from him, on top of his progression of the disasters visited by Nazis on people..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfekgjfh1Rk
The Terrifying Theory of Stupidity You Were Never Meant to Hear – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Just a note – I will leave parking room by the kerb here at TDB for much of June. I must leave room for others to find useful things and pass those on. Kia kaha Martyn.
But I don’t guarantee there will be parking space so slip in quickly and put up your original ideas and musings, keep our minds fed from different perspectives please. As well as discussing on the main topics.