ABB gear selected for new Cook Strait ferries
ELECTRIFICATION and automation specialist ABB has won a key contract to provide power, propulsion and automation technology for Ferry Holdings’ two new rail/po-pax ferries due to...
MSC splits loop in new Oceania revision
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is putting more emphasis on trans-Tasman connections by establishing a Northern Loop to complement the May-introduced Southern Loop. The latest...
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Pacific Maritime Pilots Conference & Workshop Nuku’alofa, Tonga
FUNDAMENTAL elements of professional pilotage were focal points for the third Pacific Maritime Pilots Conference & Workshop, held in Nuku’alofa, Tonga between 3 and 6 August....
Neptune Pacific gets heavy with Norfolk
NEPTUNE Pacific and its Norfolk Island customers have celebrated an “incredibly rewarding” import voyage that delivered oversized and heavy cargo aboard the carrier’s LCT Norfolk....
Auckland also hitting new highs
PORT of Auckland is celebrating a strong financial year ending 30 June 2026 recording, like rival Tauranga, a record underlying net profit after tax but unlike Tauranga also...
Tauranga profit up 23% for new record
PORT of Tauranga has claimed a record underlying profit for the year ended 30 June 2026 following what it says was a range of successful yield, cost and productivity initiatives....
Disruption to Tasman, SoPac services
AUSTRALASIAN near-seas services have been hit by unplanned disruptions at an inconvenient time for shipping lines and their customers. ANL has been obliged to withdraw the ANZ...
New Zealand fast-tracks new drydock at Marsden Point
OCEANIA may have a new drydocking capability, obviating the need to send local ships to Singapore, if a plan to develop a new facility at Marsden Point, New Zealand comes to...
Black Cat grounding detailed by TAIC
NEW Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission has released its factual report into the near-loss of the small cruise vessel Black Cat in Akaroa Harbour in January this...
Container boost for Lyttelton
FRESH from rejecting an investment and management proposal from a DP World-led local consortium, Lyttelton Port Company has announced a NZ$821 million investment in...
Neptune Pacific swaps back tonnage
FOLLOWING completion of scheduled repairs to the 1,103 TEU NPDL Tahiti in Auckland the vessel will phase back into the AUSPAC service alongside partner Swire Shipping’s 1,368 TEU...
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Tauranga welcomes Stella decision
IN A draft decision that should bring Tauranga closer to the end of as long-running saga, a fast-track expert panel has issued a draft approval of the port’s Stella Passage...
Macquarie consortium completes Qube acquisition
“AN EXCITING new chapter” is how the acquisition of logistics giant Qube by a Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) consortium has been described by a senior executive. MAM, together...
Offshore activity stirring in Australia and New Zealand
WHILE there’s always a degree of out-of-sight, out-of-mind about the offshore sector in this region it remains one of the most active. Recent developments Oslo-headquartered...
Cool for kiwis, says ACFS
ACFS Port Logistics New Zealand continues to operate as per normal and is not subject to administration, management in Australia say. As has been widely reported, the company’s...
