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May 20, 2008

Maritime Union backs public ownership plan for rail and ferries

The Mari­time Uni­on says Gov­ern­ment plans to bring rail and fer­ries back under pub­lic own­er­ship would be a major step for­ward for New Zea­l­and.

Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says the move is long over­due and is required to bring New Zeal­and’s trans­port infra­struc­ture up to world stand­ards.

“We need an integ­rated trans­port sys­tem in New Zea­l­and that has a sub­stan­tial pub­lic-owned com­pon­ent for secur­ity and sta­bil­ity.”

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Shipping plan gets thumbs up

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and says the release today of the final domest­ic ship­ping strategy “Sea Change” is a pos­it­ive move for New Zea­l­and ship­ping.

Mari­time Uni­on Vice Pres­id­ent Garry Parsloe says the Gov­ern­ment’s plans for coastal ship­ping are mov­ing in the right dir­ec­tion.

He says $36 mil­lion of fund­ing for devel­op­ing coastal ship­ping over the next four years was a major boost.

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