Maritime Incident Response

Access Maritime NZ's Maritime Incident Readiness and Response Strategy 2022, which sets the strategic direction for delivering effective responses to maritime incidents of any scale, and find detailed information on how Maritime NZ maintains a coordinated national readiness and response system aligned with New Zealand's Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS).

If a vessel is in distress or a maritime incident is occuring, please notify RCCNZ on and call the 24‑hour emergency number: 0508 4 RCCNZ, (0508 472 269)