Category: Media releases

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.

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.

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.

Trans-Tasman shipping could boost trade and jobs

The elec­tion of a Labor Gov­ern­ment in Aus­tralia could pro­vide poten­tial ben­e­fits for trans-Tas­man ship­ping.

Transport workers welcome international support for Fair Pay Agreements 

Two of New Zealand’s lead­ing trans­port unions have wel­comed inter­na­tion­al sup­port for the pro­posed Fair Pay Agree­ments (FPA’s).

Maritime Union calls for ex-CEO to be dumped from port directorships

It is inde­fen­si­ble that for­mer CEO Tony Gib­son still holds direc­tor­ships with com­pa­nies asso­ci­at­ed with Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed.

Workers vindicated as Ports of Auckland abandons automation

The Mar­itime Union says its long­stand­ing oppo­si­tion to automa­tion at the Ports of Auck­land has been vin­di­cat­ed after the project was canned.