New Zealand
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Environment
Australia to review open-loop scrubber strategy with Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will hold discussions with state authorities and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority…
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Ports and Logistics
Young docker dies after incident at Ports of Auckland
A young New Zealand docker died yesterday after his straddle crane overturned at Ports of Auckland at 3:45am on August…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Auckland container terminal remains closed for the second day
The container terminal at the port of Auckland remained closed for a second day today as investigations into an accident…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Auckland closes container terminal after major accident
Port of Auckland has temporarily closed its container terminal after a port worker was severely injured after a straddle carrier…
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Europe
Østensjø Rederi sells Edda Fonn to Royal New Zealand Navy
Østensjø Rederi has sold 2003-built IMR, survey and light construction vessel to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Local media puts…
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Operations
New Zealand introduces strict biofouling rules
New Zealand has become the first country in the world to introduce biofouling rules across the nation’s waters. “About 90%…
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Containers
New Zealand’s Port Taranaki quits container sector
Port Taranaki on the west coast of New Zealand has decided to quit container services completely to focus on its…
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Ports and Logistics
New Zealand’s prime minister dismisses Ports of Auckland’s development plans
New Zealand’s new prime minister wasted little time smacking down a development plan published today by the nation’s largest port.…
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Ports and Logistics
Wellington gets quake-hit cranes running again after 10-month hiatus
Ten months after a giant earthquake racked New Zealand, the port in the nation’s capital, Wellington, has finally got two…
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Ports and Logistics
Wellington port’s earthquake repair bill stands at $247m
Repairing earthquake damage at Wellington’s port will cost NZ$340m ($247m), according to the port’s terminal operator, CentrePort. The port was…
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Asia
Drunk captain of Swire MPP arrested in New Zealand
The captain of Swire Shipping MPP was arrested for being intoxicated on Friday at Northport in New Zealand, Voxy.co.nz reports.…
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Operations
Maritime Union of New Zealand calls for methyl bromide ban
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the decision by Ports of Auckland to stop releasing methyl bromide emissions…
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Asia
Dirty Korean bulker allowed back into New Zealand
The , a bulk carrier controlled by South Korea’s Dae Lim, is back in New Zealand after an embarrassing expulsion…
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Asia
Panama flag faces flak as biosecurity authorities in Fiji ban dirty bulker
The Panama flag is now facing scrutiny as a dirty ship, expelled from New Zealand earlier this week, has also…
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Asia
New Zealand expels dirty Korean bulker
A South Korean bulk carrier has been kicked out of New Zealand for having a dirty hull. The , owned…
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Operations
Cruiseship breaks from its moorings and hits cement carrier in NZ
Investigators are on the scene to try and work out how a cruiseship broke its moorings in New Zealand yesterday…
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Containers
ANL to call at quake-hit Wellington
ANL, a subsidiary of CMA CGM, will deploy geared boxships to the earthquake-hit port of Wellington to help get boxes…
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Ports and Logistics
Quake puts part of Wellington port out of action ‘indefinitely’
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the south island of New Zealand will keep parts of Wellington’s CentrePort off limits…
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Ports and Logistics
Wellington port still out of action in wake of quake
All ports in New Zealand except Wellington’s CentrePort are now fully operational 48 hours after a massive 7.5 earthquake struck…
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Ports and Logistics
New Zealand ports assess earthquake damage
Ports across New Zealand spent today assessing damage after a powerful 7.5 earthquake struck the nation off Canterbury overnight. The…
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