National Environmental Maritime Operations (NEMO) is an incident management system used to manage and monitor national maritime environmental emergencies.
An unexpected wind-shift during parasailing operations caused 2 airborne passengers to contact the water at speed. They were recovered by the vessel and returned to shore. Both passengers later informed the operator that they had sustained injuries during the event. The owner then failed to report this as a marine incident to us.
This applies to approved Registered training organisations (RTOs) delivering International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping training leading to a certificate of competency.
We implement the regulations under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 in Australia via supporting legislation which applies to all commercial vessels.
Following the oil spill at Port Stanvac in South Australia on 28 June 1999, there was a review to investigate the reason for the spill and whether any corporation or individuals were responsible for the spill and should be prosecuted.
Following the Global Peace oil spill in Gladstone on 24 January 2006, two separate inquiries were undertaken to investigate the circumstances surrounding the cause of, and response to the oil spill.