Interislander leads the way – on exemptions

Interislander leads the way – on exemptions
Bluebridge has been granted far fewer maritime rule exemptions than the Interislander. (Image: Bluebridge)
Oliver Lewis
The state-owned ferry operator has been exempted from the rules to operate its Interislander ferries three times as often as its private competitor in recent years. However, the high number of exemption notices issued to KiwiRail by regulator Maritime New Zealand is partly due to prescriptive and older rules that don’t account for factors like changes in technology. As BusinessDesk revealed previously, Maritime NZ and two other regulators wrote to KiwiRail earlier this year expressing their shared concerns about the safety cultu...

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