Tag: Port of Tauranga

Another coup for Port of Tauranga Port of Tauranga has picked up its second Maersk shipping service within two months, increasing its container business at the expense of Auckland, reported Bay of Plenty Times.Exporters will now be able to send their product direct to Sydney from Tauranga in four days instead of the usual six to seven days, the fastest shipping service available, according to Maersk, the world's biggest shipping line.Maersk Line announced it was switching its Tasman Star service's weekly export pick-up from Auckland to Tauranga. Three vessels- BC San Francisco, Aberdeen and Radford with a capacity of about 1,100 TEUs will operate across the Tasman and the first, San Francisco, leaves Tauranga on February 29.Maersk trade and marketing manager, Dave Gulik, said his company wanted to add another service in Tauranga because of the expected growth in exports from the central North Island, particularly dairy, timber, paper and food products.He said it gave exporters a premier service because of the time it takes to get cargo to Australia.''We want to build our export base out of Tauranga, we don't have a big segment, and we believe it will be well supported.''Gulik said Ports of Auckland would not be ...

The New Zealand Shippers' Council says the country could save millions by using bigger ships Port of Tauranga has received backing from the Environment Court to deepen its shipping channel, enabling larger container ships to use the harbour.Port of Tauranga wants to deepen the channel by up to 17.4 metres.The dredging would allow the port to accept vessels up to 40% larger than can now be handled at the country's biggest port, Ports of Auckland.The Shippers' Council says the value of having bigger ships operate on the South East Asia route could be up to $338 million a year from 2015, increasing up to $391 million a year by 2020.The council says these figures exclude the significant flow-on benefits to the rest of the economy.Tauranga's Chamber of Commerce president Warwick de Vere says Tauranga will reap the economic benefits of the development.He says with the use of larger ships it's possible to bring more cargo in for the same freight costs, so the unit cost of any cargo in or out reduces on a unit basis.Environment Court backs planPort of Tauranga has received backing from the Environment Court to dredge its shipping channel, which would enable larger container vessels to ...

Tehy will both operate their Northern and Southern Star services through Tauranga Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping line, operating in conjunction with Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC), have announced plans to relocate their Southern Star service to Port of Tauranga (with the new port rotation: Tanjung Pelapas (Malaysia), Singapore, Tauranga, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Tanjung Pelapas).Port of Tauranga Chief Executive, Mark Cairns, said Maersk Line and MISC's announcement is great news. We have been working for some time to attract a new import ship call to Tauranga to better balance our MetroPort rail shuttle service to and from Auckland. We are very pleased to confirm the announcement by Maersk Line and MISC who will now operate both their Northern and Southern Star services through Tauranga on a weekly basis, with connections through to their South East Asian hubs.Maersk Line and MISC s new port rotation will commence on Saturday 10 December 2011 with the arrival of the vessel Euromax and will be reviewed again in June 2012, when MISC are withdrawing from container line shipping globallyPort of Tauranga is commencing a significant capital expenditure programme over the next few years to ensure that the Port continues to provide ...

There is a lot of debris floating in the water off the port entrance New Zealand's Port of Tauranga has advised all ships entering the harbour to keep a look out for floating containers and debris due to the grounding of containership Rena."All vessels are advised to keep a good look out for floating containers. There is a lot of debris floating in the water off the port entrance," Mark Cairns, chief executive at Port of Tauranga, said in a statement."Weather conditions have improved considerably," he added.The port has commenced "sweeps" of the channel using side scan sonar and magnetometer devices towed astern of the Te Awanui that the route is cleared of obstructions."Departing vessels are advised to proceed from the pilot boarding station and keep to the west of Mayor Island," Cairns said.Costamare owned Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga last Wednesday. According to Maritime New Zealand, 88 containers have fallen overboard and about 350 tonnes of oil has leaked into the sea.Source: Seatrade Asia

It will add an additional 130 vessel calls a year New Zealand's port of Tauranga has confirmed three new weekly container services that will add an additional 130 vessel calls a year. Pacific International Lines (PIL), Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk Line- all long-term customers of the port- have enlarged their services at Tauranga.Singapore-based PIL will launch a new service coming out of the West Coast of US, calling Melbourne, Sydney then Tauranga before heading to Brisbane, Taiwan and China. This new service will being calling Tauranga in July.Geneva-based MSC will add Tauranga into the rotation of its existing Noumea service. The Tauranga calls will start in June. Maersk Line, a division of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, will extend its current NZ1 service and from August will include Tauranga in the rotation to the international transhipment hubs of Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas.This weekly service will replace the smaller Pacific Island service that currently calls at Tauranga on a fortnightly basis. "These changes will... provide increased shipping options to importers and exporters through the direct Tauranga calls and transhipment opportunities to destinations worldwide," Tauranga port said in a statement.Source: Seatrade-Asia