9:15 PM |
Bringa back the Kalia or Tongiaki's i say. These double hull or
catamaran traditonal wakas traversed our Pacific oceans with speeds
that
present day america cup teams are just now wanting to copy, but
Captain Cook in his journals quoted...
Stop brining in the western type ships with their rusting hulls and
money consuming engines and lets get back to basics. what do you say
PIMAers????
On Jan 28, 8:09 am, pima news <pima.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dangerous ferry sailing in Tonga again By MICHAEL FIELD - Stuff.co.nz
>
> http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/world/3262011/Dangerous...
>
> Last updated 10:31 26/01/2010
>
> A Tongan ferry declared dangerously unsafe is at sea with dozens of people
> aboard despite authorities arresting it.
>
> Auckland marine surveyor Bill Maddick had declared the 25-year-old MV
> Pulupaki unseaworthy and unsafe.
>
> Authorities in Nuku'alofa had it arrested last weekend but it has sailed
> with passengers aboard and is heading north through the archipelago.
>
> News of is detention and subsequent sailing have been revealed at a Royal
> Commission of Inquiry investigating last year's sinking of the ferry
> Princess Ashika in which 74 people died.
>
> Pulupaki, which took part in the rescue, is Tonga's last ferry.
>
> Mr Maddick in Auckland said he could not discuss his warnings as he had a
> confidentiality agreement with the Tongan government.
>
> But the Secretary for Transport 'Eleni Mone told the inquiry yesterday that
> they had ordered Pulupaki detained until deficiencies were dealt with by the
> owner.
>
> She said she had only become aware it was unsafe last week.
>
> It was illegal for the ship, in an unsafe state, to leave port.
>
> To questioning, she said she was unaware that the vessel had sailed last
> weekend.
>
> She did not know where it was.
>
> The ship is owned Uata Shipping Line, which is owned by member of parliament
> 'Uliti Uata.
>
> Maddick had found serious deficiencies on Pulupaki and a lack of
> certificates needed for sailing.
>
> Among its problems was the fact that its stern ramp was not watertight.
>
> He said it was beyond repair.
>
> Mone denied she had been under political pressure to allow Pulupaki to said.
>
> "I did not bow to political pressure. I was advised by my technical staff
> that this is - and we worked with the deficiencies of the MV Pulupaki."
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