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SUMMARY:Cook Strait Ferry Replacement
DESCRIPTION:Join the RTSA New Zealand Chapter online for this presentation\, providing an overview of the Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme\, including the delivery of two new rail-enabled ferries and the supporting port infrastructure required for service entry in 2029. \n📅  12:00pm – 1:00pm Thursday 3rd September\n🌏 Online\n🎟️  Cook Strait Ferry Replacement \nPresentation overview\nThis webinar will outline the vessel design\, navigation systems\, safety and reliability features\, and environmental performance initiatives being incorporated to support safe\, resilient and future-ready operations in Cook Strait conditions. \nThe presentation also provides an update on programme delivery progress\, including ship design development\, maker selection\, port construction activities\, and the key milestones required to align ships\, ports and operational readiness ahead of entry into service. \nPresenter\nMassimo Soprano is the Ships Programme Director at Ferry Holdings\, leading the procurement and delivery of New Zealand’s next-generation\, rail-enabled passenger and freight ferries\, along with associated port infrastructure upgrades. He has over 30 years’ senior maritime and project leadership experience across government and industry in New Zealand\, Australia\, and internationally. \nMassimo has directed complex vessel replacement programmes\, with expertise in strategic procurement\, contract negotiation\, iwi partnerships\, stakeholder engagement\, and operational integration of large-scale transport infrastructure.
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/cook-strait-ferry-replacement/
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SUMMARY:Safety Assurance for the KiwiRail Locomotive ETCS Project
DESCRIPTION:Join the RTSA New Zealand Chapter online for an overview of KiwiRail’s locomotive European Train Control System (ETCS) project\, focusing on the safety assurance approach used to extend ETCS Level 1 to freight and locomotive-hauled passenger operations on the Auckland network. \n📅  12:00pm – 1:00pm Monday 5th October\n🌏  Online\n🎟️  Safety Assurance for the KiwiRail Locomotive ETCS Project \nPresentation overview\nGabriella will outline the layered assurance model\, progressive introduction strategy\, and phased demonstration of Safety So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable (SFAIRP)\, highlighting how safety risk was managed through system integration\, operational readiness\, and governance. \nThe presentation will also share key challenges\, learnings\, and insights into delivering safety-critical change on a live\, mixed-use railway. \nPresenter\nGabriella Solti is General Manager – Metro Systems Assurance at KiwiRail and a system safety and assurance leader with extensive experience across rail and other high-risk  industries. She has held key safety leadership roles on major projects including City Rail Link\, Auckland Light Rail\, and KiwiRail\, as well as roles with the Auckland Metro Rail Operator\, and specialises in demonstrating system safety and operational outcomes. \nGabriella was awarded the TrackSAFE Foundation New Zealand Safety Leadership Award in 2025 for her sustained contribution to rail safety.
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/safety-assurance-for-the-kiwirail-locomotive-etcs-project/
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