Category: In the news

Gisborne fishing tragedy

The Mar­itime Union has offered its sym­pa­thy and sup­port to fam­i­ly and friends and the Gis­borne com­mu­ni­ty fol­low­ing the death of three local fish­er­men.

Maritime Union statement on grounding of Aratere

The Mar­itime Union says images of the strick­en Cook Strait fer­ry Aratere aground in the Marl­bor­ough Sounds are a shock­ing con­clu­sion to years of warn­ings about the age­ing fer­ry fleet.

Former Port of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson on trial for workplace death in unprecedented prosecution

For­mer Port of Auck­land boss Tony Gib­son failed to use his “influ­ence, pow­er and resource” to ensure front­line work­ers were kept safe before a steve­dore was fatal­ly crushed by a con­tain­er, an unprece­dent­ed court case has heard.

Call for tougher regulation after rudder falls off log ship

The Mar­itime Union says there needs to be a tight­en­ing up on Flag of Con­ve­nience ships com­ing into New Zealand waters before there is anoth­er dis­as­ter.

Solidarity with teachers

MUNZ is back­ing strik­ing teach­ers today around New Zealand.

Ports of Auckland gives us resilience

There has been a push to shut down or phase out the Ports of Auck­land. We now need to reflect on the advan­tages of hav­ing a local logis­tics hub that can func­tion even in extreme weath­er events.

KiwiRail fined $240,500 for “needless accident” on Kaitaki

The dan­gers of load­ing heavy vehi­cles onto ves­sels are under the spot­light fol­low­ing the pros­e­cu­tion of KiwiRail and a tow­ing con­trac­tor.

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.

ITF Dockers unite against Putin’s Ukraine invasion

Fol­low­ing last week’s call from trans­port unions for an imme­di­ate cease­fire to the con­flict in Ukraine, the glob­al labour move­ment and inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty has stood stead­fast in their con­dem­na­tion of the war and call for peace.

Maritime industry says fuel quality issues threaten New Zealand fuel security

The cam­paign for fuel secu­ri­ty Save Our Tankers is com­prised of the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand rep­re­sent­ing sea­far­ers, the New Zealand Mer­chant Ser­vice Guild rep­re­sent­ing ship’s mas­ters and offi­cers, and the Avi­a­tion and Marine Engi­neers Asso­ci­a­tion rep­re­sent­ing marine engi­neers.