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Big ships and port consolidation

News1 Oct 2014

With increases in vessel sizes and call exchanges, is it time for some of new Zealand’s smaller ports to embrace the role of feeder ports?...

Lyttelton turns to Liebherr again

News10 Jun 2013

The port of Lyttelton in New Zealand has ordered another STS crane and four more straddle carriers from Liebherr Container Cranes in Killarn...

Timaru to sell cranes

News16 Jul 2012

The Port of Timaru in New Zealand has announced it will sell its container handling assets when its last remaining container service stops i...

Timaru loses box business

News10 Jul 2012

The Port of Timaru in New Zealand will lose its last remaining container service in September...

Auckland problems continue to mount

News1 Feb 2012

The prolonged industrial dispute between Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) and the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) has deteriorated further ...

Shippers spark NZ dredging row

News1 Dec 2010

A report from the New Zealand Shippers’ Council (NZSC) on the potential benefits of introducing 7,000 TEU ships to New Zealand routes has ...

NZ ports merger called off

News1 Oct 2010

The proposed merger of the New Zealand South Island ports of Lyttelton and Otago (Port Chalmers) has been frozen while Lyttelton deals with ...

First RTG in New Zealand

News4 Sep 2010

The Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) in New Zealand’s South Island has become the first port in the country to order a yard gantry crane...

Funds for Auckland…

News1 Sep 2009

A controversial NZ$70M recapitalisation of New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) will improve its financial and strategic position fo...

Dairy reshuffle hits kiwi ports

News20 Aug 2009

Three New Zealand ports will lose a significant share of their container business following supply chain changes announced by Fonterra...

NZL renews Tauranga push

News1 Jul 2009

New Zealand’s NZL Group has ramped up its efforts to reactivate what it claims are historic rights to container terminal operations at the...

…as Kiwi ports feel shuffle heat

News1 Aug 2008

The over-serviced New Zealand port sector’s vulnerability to deepsea carriers’ schedule changes has again been exposed by the latest clu...

Carrier shuffle leaves NZ ports in the cold

News1 Apr 2008

New Zealand’s container ports, always vulnerable to ocean carriers’ service whims, are assessing their respective situations following a...

Kiwi merger plans not all black and white

News1 Oct 2007

There is renewed speculation of a tie-up between the New Zealand South Island ports of Lyttelton and Port Otago....

Otago eyes South Island crown

News1 Aug 2007

Port Otago Ltd, which controls the ports of Dunedin and Port Chalmers, is making a bid for container supremacy on New Zealand’s South Isla...

All quiet in Napier

News1 Aug 2006

The Port of Napier in New Zealand is facing significant costs to insulate neighbouring properties against operational noise after the Napier...

Big ships and port consolidation

Lyttelton turns to Liebherr again

Timaru to sell cranes

Timaru loses box business

Auckland problems continue to mount

Shippers spark NZ dredging row

NZ ports merger called off

First RTG in New Zealand

Funds for Auckland…

Dairy reshuffle hits kiwi ports

NZL renews Tauranga push

…as Kiwi ports feel shuffle heat

Carrier shuffle leaves NZ ports in the cold

Kiwi merger plans not all black and white

Otago eyes South Island crown

All quiet in Napier

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Map of major ports affected by strike on US East and Gulf coasts

PhilaPort secures US$ 217m for expansion

Sand: Ships en route to East Coast will have to wait at anchor until strike ends

Will port strike severely disrupt US economy?

ILA shuts down ports on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

Big ships and port consolidation

Lyttelton turns to Liebherr again

Timaru to sell cranes

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Map of major ports affected by strike on US East and Gulf coasts

PhilaPort secures US$ 217m for expansion

Sand: Ships en route to East Coast will have to wait at anchor until strike ends

Will port strike severely disrupt US economy?

ILA shuts down ports on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

CLdN branches into Lo-Lo segment with ten ship order

Wallenius Wilhelmsen supersizes four newbuilds to 11,700 CEU

US$ 55-83 billion needed for green port infrastructure in developing countries

Autoterminal Khalifa Port reports 30% Ro-Ro growth in H1

Port of Tallinn, Protio set sights on e-fuel production