New Zealand
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Ports and Logistics
New Zealand set for record breaking boxship call
New Zealand will welcome the largest boxship ever to visit the Land of the Long White Cloud later this year.…
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Maritime CEO
NZ Shipping Federation: Wellington fails to recognise importance of coastal shipping
The New Zealand government has little appreciation of the importance of coastal shipping to the local economy, Annabel Young, executive…
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Containers
Rena cleanup declared complete
The cleanup of the Rena containership, which grounded on October 5 2011 off the North Island of New Zealand, has…
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Dry Cargo
Seafarer dies after falling overboard Pacific Basin bulker in NZ
A Chinese seafarer fell overboard and died over the weekend at the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand. The man…
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Containers
Rena to remain on NZ reef
Nearly four and a half years since it ran aground in New Zealand, authorities today finally decided what to with…
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Ports and Logistics
NZ port death inquiry urges greater use of communication technology
A Tauranga Port worker who was fatally crushed beneath an industrial vehicle was in the wrong place at the wrong…
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Operations
NZ Shipping Federation urges Wellington to up maritime focus over trucking
The New Zealand Shipping Federation has hit out at Wellington’s intransigence over coastal shipping, arguing that maritime is a far…
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Tankers
COLL charters two new MR tankers for New Zealand coastal trade
New Zealand’s Coastal Oil Logistics Ltd (COLL) is to charter in two new MR product tankers from ASP Ship Management…
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Containers
Hearing starts into what to do with Rena wreck
This morning saw the start of a three-week hearing into what to do with the remnants of the Rena boxship,…
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Ports and Logistics
Automation plans could see Auckland port slash workforce by more than 10%
As New Zealand’s leading port gets more automated more than 10% of its workforce could be made redundant, it has…
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Ports and Logistics
NZ port fined over worker death
The family of port worker Bradley Fletcher will receive NZ$75,000 ($49,000) in court-ordered reparation from the Lyttelton Port Company, which…
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Operations
Crew on detained ship in NZ finally get some back pay
Sydney: Another tale of unpaid crew has hit the headlines Down Under. Lancelot V, a Greek-owned and Panamanian flagged bulk…
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Operations
Filipino seafarer missing in Lyttelton Harbour presumed dead
Christchurch: The search continued in Lyttelton Harbour today after a 52-year-old seafarer fell overboard containership Madinah (4,258 teu, built 2010)…
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Operations
Filipino seafarer falls overboard containership in Lyttelton Harbour
Christchurch: Search and rescue workers are searching in Lyttelton Harbour for a 52-year-old seafarer who fell overboard containership Madinah (4,258 teu,…
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Ports and Logistics
Man hospitalised as straddle carrier topples over at Port Chalmers
Dunedin: A crane operator was hospitalised today as a straddle container carrier he was operating fell over. The accident happened…
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Bunkering
Tauranga bunker spill cleanup continues, Mobil promises full investigation
Auckland: Bay of Plenty Regional Council staff are combing Tauranga Harbour today following yesterday’s bunker spill at the port of…
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Bunkering
Bunker spill at Port of Tauranga
Auckland: Authorities are battling rain and high winds as they work to contain a bunker fuel spill in Tauranga Harbour. The spill…
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Operations
MUR Shipping fires drunk captain
Auckland: MUR Shipping has fired Pramod Kumar, the captain of bulk carrier African Harrier (37,800dwt, built 2014) who was charged…
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Operations
New Zealand charges master five times over alcohol limit
Auckland: The master of MUR bulk carrier African Harrier (37,800dwt, built 2014) was charged and fined in New Zealand today, for…
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Asia
Swire Bulk Logistics forms New Zealand partnership
Singapore: Swire Bulk Logistics, the industrial shipping division of China Navigation Company, has formed a partnership with New Zealand’s Golden…
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