Maritime New Zealand to investigate the Ady Gill Collision

[Godhumor]

Since Ady Gill is registered in NZ, this organization will have authority. The Japanese whaling fleet also lodged a formal complaint against the Ady Gill yesterday, before the collision.

About all that is available at this time. However, it looks as if Australia may have some involvement in the investigation, as well.

http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/news/media-releases-2009/20100107a.asp

[Dead_Parrot]

1. So is the Australian government:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/07/2787453.htm?section=justin

The Federal Government has ordered an investigation into the clash between a Japanese whaling security ship and a Sea Shepherd vessel in the Southern Ocean yesterday.

Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has asked the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to conduct its own investigation and says the results will be made public once it is completed.

She says the Government reserves the right to take international legal action if diplomacy with Japanese officials fails, and has warned that evidence has already been collected to launch such action.

But she says the Government will not be sending a boat to monitor the situation in Antarctic waters at this stage.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. AUS government has very limited authority

Its the designated SAR agent for where the incident took place and nothing more. The AUS government acknowledged that in that same article the OP cited and stated that the incident did not take place in AUS territorial waters. Basically either vessel could tell the AMSA to pound sand and all it could do is whine.

The right answer is for everyone to agree to a neutral board of inquiry and both involved nations (NZ&JP) agree to support it and make their vessels go along. Classically the Admiralty Court in the UK is used for such things. I don't think it will ever happen.

Bottom line is that nothing of any seriousness is going to happen