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February 2010

Industry News

Capital Restructure Helps Boost Ports of Auckland Profit The fact that Ports of Auckland lifted its first-half profit by 49% is due to a combination of factors, including the fact that shareholder Auckland Regional Holdings injected $40 million in additional... Read more »

New Waikato Freight Hub Planned Hamilton-based Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) is planning to develop a 300-hectare inland port and commercial hub to serve Auckland, Bay of Plenty and the Waikato. Tainui has earmarked a tract of land bordering... Read more »

Seventh Vessel for OVSA PSW String The danger to New Zealand of relying on shipping services which transit Australia has been reinforced by the decision of the Oceania Vessel Sharing Agreement (OVSA) to add a seventh vessel to their Pacific... Read more »

Challenge Begins for Wiri to Prove Worth The Port of Auckland’s new rail link between the sea terminal and the Wiri Inland Port is complete, with the first train calling this week. What the Auckland freight community can look forward to now is... Read more »

Aussie Buyer for Pacifica? Speculation that the New Zealand coastal shipping operation, Pacifica Shipping, is about to be sold has been outrightly denied by the head of its parent company. A rumour has circulated that the... Read more »

Maersk Rejigs SSE Rotation Port Taranaki has received a significant boost from the Southern Star Express (SSE) revamp announced by Maersk Line, with its repositioning as the second-last local export port reducing its trans-Tasman... Read more »

Retirement for KiwiRail Key Account Executive Wayne Watkin KiwiRail sales and marketing general manager Leonard Sampson says recently-retired KiwiRail key account executive Wayne Watkin will be “sorely missed”. Mr Watkin entered retirement just prior to Christmas,... Read more »