Maersk drops NZ coastal service
NewsMaersk has cancelled the domestic coastal service connecting five NZ ports it started in 2022; some NZ containers being transhipped in Melbo...
Fatality on MSC vessel
NewsA seafarer was killed in an accident onboard an MSC container vessel in Bluff, New Zealand....
DP World eyeing Ports of Auckland?
NewsIt is reported that senior executives from DP World “could be in Auckland as early as next week for secret talks on securing a lease to ru...
Port of Napier opens new wharf
NewsNew Zealand’s fourth largest container terminal has a new berth for container vessels....
Remote locomotive accident report
NewsNew Zealand’s KiwiRail has released the major findings of its investigation into an incident in September 2021 where a remotely controlled...
Maersk starts NZ coastal service
NewsMaersk Line has launched a coastal shipping service connecting five ports in New Zealand in two separate loops....
Return to reefer vessels as container shortage continues
NewsPort Taranaki in New Zealand has handled its first reefer vessel in 17 years, as three key NZ meat exporters extend their use of chartered r...
Tauranga considers automation
NewsThe Port of Tauranga in New Zealand is working on a plan to implement ASCs at its Mount Maunganui container terminal....
Cargotec & Konecranes claim “market dynamics” will preserve competition in straddle carriers after merger
NewsCompanies make the case to a competition regulator that a merger “will not substantially lessen competition in the supply of straddle carr...
Remote-controlled locomotive drives into harbour
NewsA remote-controlled locomotive operated by KiwiRail has driven off a linkspan and into Picton harbour, taking a wagon and two tank container...
Auckland delays automation implementation
NewsPorts of Auckland in New Zealand has announced that it is delaying implementation of its Automated Straddle Carrier project following an inc...
Tideworks live in Auckland
NewsTideworks Technology will install its Mainsail 10 system at Wallace Investment’s general cargo terminal at the Port of Auckland in New Zea...
Auckland lays out automation plan, CEO to step down
NewsPorts of Auckland is planning to close its container terminal for 84 hours to complete its conversion to an automated straddle carrier syste...
Automation problems for Auckland
NewsProblems are mounting with the Port of Auckland’s automated straddle carrier project...