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Fonterra and shipping companies held up to scrutiny

The Maritime Union's comments on the effect on ports of decisions by Fonterra and shipping companies have featured widely in the news. TVNZ reports that "the Maritime Union of New Zealand is calling for national co-ordination of port strategy, arguing that Fonterra is exerting such power as a customer it is effectively rationalising the port industry." The Taranaki Daily News writes that "Zealand's waterfront workers and seafarers have savaged Fonterra's decision to drop Port Taranaki, warning it has the potential to 'rip the guts out' of the port" following a "a bombshell decision last week, the dairy giant said it would be railing Whareroa product to Auckland and Tauranga instead."

The Mar­itime Union’s com­ments on the effect on ports of deci­sions by Fonter­ra and ship­ping com­pa­nies have fea­tured wide­ly in the news.

TVNZ reports that “the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is call­ing for nation­al co-ordi­na­tion of port strat­e­gy, argu­ing that Fonter­ra is exert­ing such pow­er as a cus­tomer it is effec­tive­ly ratio­nal­is­ing the port indus­try.”

The Tarana­ki Dai­ly News writes that “Zealand’s water­front work­ers and sea­far­ers have sav­aged Fonter­ra’s deci­sion to drop Port Tarana­ki, warn­ing it has the poten­tial to ‘rip the guts out’ of the port” fol­low­ing a “a bomb­shell deci­sion last week, the dairy giant said it would be rail­ing Whareroa prod­uct to Auck­land and Tau­ran­ga instead.”

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