Csboughn

I can’t believe they’re saying it now. Regulations have been in place since 2018.

My point is there are no “approved” cleaners for in-water cleanings. Maybe you can find someone to do it elsewhere. Hell Regent tried 7 times to do it. The only approved cleaners that NZ recognizes on its website, do out of water cleanings.

I’ve read the NZ MPI website and it seems they have lots of advice and suggestions for how to comply. Issue is, once your hull is fouled, how do you come into compliance. From what I read, the NZ government believes you’ve gotta haul it out of the water. Regent knew these requirements and thought they could become compliant with in water cleanings. According to Explorers General Manager and confirmed by the Staff Captain, the knew they weren’t in compliance since the ship was in Phuket. They actually tried in-water cleanings 7 times. My issue is since Regent knew, why weren’t passengers informed before the boarded in Sydney and again in Auckland? from the NZ MPI website: Currently, in-water cleaning of international vessels is not allowed in New Zealand. This means that there are no approved providers of in-water cleaning services for international vessels at this time.

One big item your missing is there are NO approved/recommended/certified companies to perform in-water cleanings. This is very clear on the NZ MPI website. Regent knew this and tried, unsuccessfully, to comply. Regent also knew prior to boarding passengers in Sydney, and again in Auckland of this and boarded anyway. I was told before I left home that the hull would be Clean prior to my cruise (call was while ship was in Adelaide). I was also told when I boarded that “the ship is 100% cleared.”