Category: Media releases

National strategy required for future of New Zealand ports and shipping

The Mar­itime Union says there needs to be nation­al lev­el plan­ning around ports and coastal ship­ping, oth­er­wise New Zealand is going to find itself in a bad posi­tion.

Maritime Union backs calls for corporate manslaughter law

The Mar­itime Union is back­ing the call from Pike Riv­er fam­i­ly mem­bers Anna Osborne and Sonya Rock­house for the intro­duc­tion of crim­i­nal cor­po­rate manslaugh­ter laws.

New report shows major downsides to Ports of Auckland privatisation scheme

A key con­cern com­ing out of the report is the poten­tial for price hikes hit­ting port users – then being passed on to local indus­try and con­sumers. Pri­vati­sa­tion of oper­a­tions at Ports of Auck­land is esti­mat­ed to hit local port users with NZ$70 mil­lion in extra costs annu­al­ly.

Confusion and uncertainty casting a cloud on future of Ports of Auckland

The Mar­itime Union has warned how uncer­tain­ty around new pro­pos­als for Ports of Auck­land is a threat to the sta­bil­i­ty of the Auck­land and the wider econ­o­my.

‘Blue highway’ offers solution to East Coast transport woes

The Mar­itime Union says there needs to be more reg­u­lar coastal ship­ping ser­vices to region­al ports to ensure sup­ply chain secu­ri­ty.

International report on Auckland Port automation shows safety and economic dangers of privatisation proposals

A new report from the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) – Lessons in fail­ure: Automa­tion at the Ports of Auck­land – demon­strates the risks pre­sent­ed by any pri­vati­sa­tion of the Ports of Auck­land.

Privatization of Ports of Auckland would be a disaster for Auckland

Relin­quish­ing con­trol of Auckland’s key strate­gic asset would be a “lose lose sit­u­a­tion” for ratepay­ers, work­ers and busi­ness­es.

Aviation fuel problems were predicted

The Mar­itime Union is call­ing for a fleet of New Zealand coastal tankers to pro­vide ded­i­cat­ed local ser­vice and redun­dan­cy in case of emer­gency sit­u­a­tions.

No to privatization for Ports of Auckland

The Mar­itime Union has spo­ken out against a new report push­ing the pri­va­ti­za­tion of Ports of Auck­land.

Let Ports of Auckland do its job

Ports of Auck­land is back on track and there is no need to “mess with suc­cess.”