Category: Media releases

TPC Wellington cleared for departure following negotiations

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says it has cleared the TPC Welling­ton to leave Mars­den Point after work­ing with crew mem­bers to arrange their repa­tri­a­tion.

Maritime Union seeks answers for Marsden Point deaths

The Mar­itime Union says that it will be look­ing into health and safe­ty aboard the bulk car­ri­er TPC Welling­ton after a seri­ous acci­dent.

Maersk concerns on port merger hard to take seriously

The Mar­itime Union has dis­missed com­ments by glob­al ship­ping line Maer­sk about the merg­er of Port of Lyt­tel­ton and Port of Ota­go.

Crew concerns include pay and pirates

Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) New Zealand inspec­tor Gra­hame McLaren says the case of 10 Sri Lankan crew mem­bers aboard the MV Charelle docked at the Ports of Auck­land are an exam­ple of the hard­ships expe­ri­enced by sea­far­ers around the world.

Time is up for Methyl Bromide

The Mar­itime Union is back­ing ral­lies in New Zealand ports over the next week to end the use of methyl bro­mide.

Regulation of trucking required to prevent road carnage

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is back­ing calls to tight­en up indus­try reg­u­la­tions to pro­tect truck dri­vers and the trav­el­ling pub­lic.

Transport unions form strategic alliance in New Zealand ports

Two of New Zealand’s main trans­port unions have formed a strate­gic alliance focussed on the New Zealand water­front.

Maritime Union backs teachers stance on national standards

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is back­ing teach­ers demand­ing the new nation­al stan­dards for schools exper­i­ment be tri­alled.

Biosecurity busting bugs have an open door with international shipping

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says it warned for years that open­ing New Zealand coastal and trans-Tas­man ship­ping to inter­na­tion­al car­ri­ers would cre­ate biose­cu­ri­ty risks from exot­ic pests.

Port of Auckland workers gain global support against outsourcing

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has gained inter­na­tion­al and nation­al sup­port for its stand against man­age­ment plans to out­source labour at the Ports of Auck­land.