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...
March 5th, 20191Wisdom Marine, a Taiwanese owner, was forced to stump up cash to pay crew on its bulker, , after the ship was impounded in New Zealand. The ship was detained by Maritime New Zealand when it arrived at the port of Christchurch earlier this month after it was revealed that the crew onboard had not been paid for nearly four months. The...
December 19th, 20180Norway’s DOF has been awarded a contract with Shell Taranaki in New Zealand for 2012-built anchor handling tug supply vessel . The 60-day contract is scheduled to commence in January. Skandi Emerald is owned by DOF Deepwater, a joint venture between DOF and Aker Solutions.
December 13th, 20181A captain of a chemical tanker has been fired by shipmanager Anglo-Eastern after being found more than three times over the legal drinking limit as his ship was due to leave New Zealand’s Port Taranaki laden with a cargo of methanol. Compounding the issue, the ship was meant to be a dry ship according to Anglo-Eastern...
