Author: Victor

Automation report confirms total debacle with failed Ports of Auckland project

A new report into the fail­ure of the automa­tion project at Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed (POAL) is a shock­ing indict­ment of pre­vi­ous man­age­ment. What can be learned?

New container service sees New Zealand shipping going from strength to strength

New Zealand coastal ship­ping is on an unprece­dent­ed growth curve as anoth­er New Zealand crewed ship comes onto the New Zealand coast.

Maritime workers back locked out Kawerau pulp and paper workers

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is back­ing locked out pulp and paper work­ers at the Essi­ty plant in Kaw­er­au.

Concerns about crew welfare after seafarer lost overboard

The Mar­itime Union says that the loss over­board of a crew mem­ber aboard a bulk car­ri­er Berge Rishiri is very con­cern­ing.

Interislander ferries mark 60 years of service

The Inter­is­lander fer­ries are cel­e­brat­ing six­ty years of ser­vice.

Maritime Union of New Zealand affiliates to International Dockerworkers Council (IDC)

The IDC (Inter­na­tion­al Dock­work­ers Coun­cil) is an asso­ci­a­tion formed by orga­ni­za­tions of dock­work­ers from all over the world. It is defined by its basic prin­ci­ples as being a unit­ed, inde­pen­dent, demo­c­ra­t­ic, assem­bly-based work­ing-class orga­ni­za­tion.

Transport unions renew calls for Marsden Point refinery to be restarted

Two of New Zealand’s main trans­port unions are urg­ing the Mars­den Point refin­ery be returned to func­tion­ing sta­tus, if nec­es­sary through Gov­ern­ment own­er­ship.

Coastal shipping rebound offers a bright future 

Sup­ply chain prob­lems will soon be relieved by the rapid scal­ing up of New Zealand’s coastal ship­ping capa­bil­i­ty.

New Maersk coastal service a breakthrough for New Zealand shipping

New Zealand coastal ship­ping is expe­ri­enc­ing a once in a gen­er­a­tion shift, with the announce­ment of anoth­er new coastal ship­ping ser­vice with fea­ture two New Zealand crewed ves­sels.

ITF: Common sense and international solidarity prevail as Ports of Auckland abandons failed automation drive

The world’s largest glob­al trans­port union, the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF), has joined the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in sup­port­ing the deci­sion by the Ports of Auck­land to aban­don its cost­ly automa­tion pro­gramme.