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<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
10<br />
NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Noisy vessels not welcome<br />
at port from <strong>June</strong> next year<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
DRIVER EDUCATION<br />
• By Heidi Slade<br />
NOISY VESSELS will not be<br />
let into Lyttelton from this<br />
time next year due to new<br />
noise specification.<br />
The Lyttelton Port<br />
Company and 12 other<br />
New Zealand ports have<br />
committed to the ship noise<br />
specification.<br />
Container vessels entering<br />
the port after <strong>June</strong> 1 must<br />
provide a certified noise<br />
measurement protocol,<br />
which would include a noise<br />
label score or confirmation a<br />
reactive silencer is fitted.<br />
The higher the noise label<br />
score, the quieter the ship.<br />
A minimum score of zero is<br />
needed for the vessel to be let<br />
into the port.<br />
LPC has determined a<br />
score less than zero is likely<br />
to generate community noise<br />
concerns. If presenting<br />
a negative score, the<br />
owner of the vessel<br />
would be notified and<br />
given up to six months<br />
to address the issue.<br />
If the noise label<br />
score does not change,<br />
the vessel would not be<br />
allowed in.<br />
Phil de Joux<br />
LPC chief corporate<br />
affairs officer Phil<br />
de Joux said the<br />
initiative was “a leap<br />
forward”.<br />
“Ports have been<br />
working together for<br />
a number of years to<br />
reduce noisy ships in<br />
ports,” de Joux said.<br />
So far this year,<br />
LPC has received<br />
36 noise-related<br />
complaints.<br />
Lyttelton<br />
Community<br />
Association chair<br />
Ken Maynard<br />
said the new<br />
specifications<br />
seemed like a good<br />
solution.<br />
“The port company<br />
Ken<br />
Maynard<br />
is actually trying much<br />
harder in recent years.<br />
They do take some<br />
notice of what the locals<br />
say about noise issues,”<br />
Maynard said.<br />
He said the noise<br />
mainly bothers<br />
residents at night but<br />
was optimistic the<br />
regulations would help.<br />
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