January 29th, 20200Norway’s Solstad Offshore has entered into a contract with OMV Taranaki for the provision of a platform supply vessel to support the upcoming Crestal drilling campaign at the Maui A Platform offshore New Zealand. The company will utilise 2014-built PSV , which will commence the contract in by mid-March for a firm period of 250 days....
January 13th, 20203Former Wellard CEO Mauro Balzarini will launch a new venture focused on developing a new generation of livestock carriers. Balzarini stepped down as CEO of Australia’s Wellard in June, ending 40 years of involvement with the company by his family. Now, having relocated to Queenstown in New Zealand and following an out of court...
October 30th, 20190Singapore's Swire Shipping has teamed up with Lodestar, the logistics and shipping division of New Zealand's Oji Fibre Solutions, to offer a joint breakbulk shipping service between New Zealand and North Asia. The new service offers a monthly frequency carrying pulp, timber and forest product related cargo for major customers,...
October 15th, 20190BW Offshore has been notified by Tamarind Resources that the contract fo FPSO will not be extended. The FPSO is currently operating on the Tui field offshore New Zealand, contracted through to December 31, 2019. BW says it will now start preparing for demobilisation of the unit. Tamarind suspended drilling activities at its Tui...
October 3rd, 20190A 20-tonne crawler crane toppled from Auckland’s Seaview Wharf yesterday and is currently submerged 12 meters under water. The crane’s driver was able to escape the accident unharmed. Authorities at the New Zealand port are now working out how best to salvage the crane, which was conducting fender maintenance at the time of the...
September 13th, 20191Random drug tests are being carried out at Port Chalmers, New Zealand’s most southerly major port, after five people handling heavy machinery tested positive for methamphetamine use over the past three months. The five people have been dismissed. "These are team members driving 60-tonne straddles. Their levels have been impaired....
August 5th, 20190Ports of Auckland has signed a deal with Damen Shipyards to buy the world's first full-size fully electric tugboat. The six-metre tug will deliver in 2021. The Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 model has a 70-tonne bollard pull. Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson said the planned purchase was part of the company's plan to be zero...
July 9th, 20190Oslo-listed oilfield service provider Archer has been awarded a contract with OMV Taranaki for drilling services using the modular drilling rig Archer Emerald. The contract is for five wells with two additional one-well options on OMV’s Maui A platform in the Tasman Sea off New Zealand. The firm contract has an estimated duration of...
June 28th, 20190Coastal Bulk Shipping has the signed a long-term partnership with New Zealand's Malteurop to transport a major portion of the latter’s yearly barley harvest by sea using the general cargo ship Anatoki between the ports of Timaru and Whanganui. Malteurop is New Zealand’s largest malting company. Malteurop’s New Zealand operations...
April 29th, 20191The New Zealand government is looking at shifting the country’s largest container port away from its prime real estate position in the country’s largest city. An initial report commissioned by the government backs up Auckland Council’s idea to shift Ports of Auckland, which the council owns, to a different location, likely the...
