US’s China charges will hit SOPAC shippers
THE TRUMP administration’s proposal to charge up to US$1.5 million per port call for Chinese-built and/or owned vessels entering US ports will come at substantial cost to shippers...
NPDL consolidates in Fiji
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line has placed two Fijian agency and logistics businesses under the one umbrella, bringing together Transam and Williams & Gosling PTE Limited. Effective...
NZDF wreck set to become dive site
THE GOVERNMENT of Samoa has told its New Zealand counterpart it now sees no need to salvage the sunken HMNZS Manawanui. The vessel sank on the morning of 6 October 2024, after...
Peters brings more on board
New Zealand deputy prime minister and rail minister Winston Peters has added two more directors to the new company tasked with managing the Cook Strait ferry replacement program....
New Zealand expansion for ACFS with Coda acquisition
THE ACQUISITION by ACFS Port Logistics NZ (ACFS) of Coda Group assets will give the operation the scale, resources, and growth opportunities required to excel in an increasingly...
Massive fine for former Ports of Auckland CEO
FORMER Ports of Auckland Ltd CEO Tony Gibson has been hit with a six-figure fine over a 2020 health and safety breach that saw the death of a stevedore. In November last year,...
Predicted rate avalanche gathering momentum
THE SHARP downturn in Asia-Australia rates, more dramatic from North & East Asia than from South East Asia, has prompted more leading lines to hit the ‘restoration’ button, mostly...
Aussie-built pilot boat construction milestone
CONSTRUCTION of a new Australian-built pilot boat for Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) has reached the halfway mark. LPC expects the new vessel, built by Hart Marine, to enhance...
New Zealand to search for Cook Island ferry shipbuilder
THE NEW Zealand government has launched a new search for a shipbuilder to construct two Cook Strait ferries for KiwiRail’s Interislander Line but has still not revealed whether...
Drydock delay delays vessel swap
NEPTUNE PACIFIC Direct Line will postpone a temporary vessel substitution in the AUSPAC service, due to delays with a drydocking in China. The carrier was due to assign the...
Steering confusion behind Aratare grounding
NEW ZEALAND’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission has found aspects of the interaction between old and new steering systems were unknown to the bridge team of the...
More tears over Aratere
COOK Strait rail/ro-pax Aratere resumed service yesterday afternoon [11 August] after the Interisland Line curse struck again on Thursday afternoon. The ferry hit the terminal...
Aratere refloated after Friday night grounding
IN A case of immaculately unfortunate timing the Interisland Line rail/ropax Aratere ran aground on the eastern side of Picton harbour at around 2215 hrs NZ time on Friday night...
Opposition building to NZ live export backtrack
A PLAN by the New Zealand Government to soon resume live animal exports by sea has re-ignited opposition from several creature welfare groups. End Live Export NZ began regular...
Simon to build bridges with NZ transport
THE New Zealand Government has appointed a former transport minister as the new board chair of the NZ Transport Agency, for a three-year term. Current transport minister, Simeon...
