New Zealand－Biofouling－Craft Risk Management Standard (No.2) 15 July 2020 No.1085 Tweet Download PDF (2,338KB) Reportedly, two entered vessels in our Club had failed the documented audit before port calling at New Zealand based on the Craft Risk Management Standard (CRMS). Thereafter Notice of Direction to carry out the underwater cleaning at outside of the territorial water was made by New Zealand authorities in June 2020, because the result of underwater inspection after arriving ports of New Zealand does not meet the standard.   It is found that two vessels have no further underwater inspection after 2 years have passed since the last Antifouling Coating (AFC). Looking into Underwater surveys on Guidance Document for the Craft Risk Management Standard for Biofouling (Attachment 1), which requests “As a general rule, commercial vessels with a 5-year dry docking cycle that have not operated outside their profile should get an annual inspection for the first two years, and then 6 monthly after that. If they fall outside of their operational profile, then more frequent inspections should be done.”   We introduce reported four cases as follows;   Vessel A (last AFC date, 22 May 2018) In June 2020, Vessel A failed the documented audit and was requested by the authorities to carry out the underwater inspection. Notice of Direction to carry out the underwater cleaning at outside of the territorial water before returning was made by New Zealand authorities, because the result of underwater inspection after arriving ports of New Zealand does not meet the standard.   Vessel B (last AFC date, 27 May 2018) In June 2020, Vessel B failed the documented audit and was requested by the authorities to carry out the underwater inspection. Notice of Direction to carry out the underwater cleaning at outside of the territorial water before returning was made by New Zealand authorities, because the result of underwater inspection after arriving ports of New Zealand d