Terex Port Solutions has received an order for two Terex® Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes, of the new G HMK 6408 variant, from its long-standing customer Port of Napier Ltd. The two cranes, each with lifting capacities of up to 100 t and radii up to 51 m, are to be modified by Terex [...]
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Port of Tauranga today officially opened a major expansion of its container terminal facilities. The Port, New Zealand’s largest, has expanded its container wharf length by nearly a third, installed a new Super-Post Panamax gantry crane and ancillary equipment, and grown its landside cargo capacity. “Today marks the next phase of Port of Tauranga’s growth,” [...]
Port of Tauranga has today received final approval from the Minister of Conservation for its plans to widen and deepen shipping channels, to accommodate larger ships. Port of Tauranga Chief Executive, Mark Cairns, welcomed the news, saying the benefits to the New Zealand economy from the ability to accommodate larger vessels would be widespread and [...]
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Incat Crowther announced commencement of construction of a 26m Catamaran Passenger Ferry at Aluminium Marine in Queensland. The vessel has been commissioned by Southern Discoveries of New Zealand’s South Island. The new vessel will operate out of Queenstown, transferring passengers to isolated destinations on Lake Wakatipu. The vessel will be constructed with a removable wheelhouse, [...]
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![New Zealand: Rena Dive Survey Completed [VIDEO]](http://static.worldmaritimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Rena-Dive-Survey-Completed-75x50.jpg)
A dive survey to conduct an external visual assessment of the Rena’s sunken stern section and its cargo has now been completed. Early indications from the surveys suggest that of the 36 remaining containers in the stern section carrying known contaminants, many have broken up and their contents have escaped since the vessel broke in [...]
A formal Arrangement covering areas for cooperation in the Southern Ocean has been signed by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) and the Korea Coast Guard. MNZ, through the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ), has been working with the Korea Coast Guard to formalise agreement over cooperation on Search and Rescue, oil spill response, and maritime [...]
Pacifica Shipping will launch a new coastal container service next month, the first step in what it says is a vital rejuvenation for domestic sea freight capacity and inter-island transport efficiency. Steve Chapman, Pacifica’s chief executive, said Spirit Of Independence will carry almost 300 containers more than the ship it replaces, Spirit of Resolution, which [...]
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has welcomed the guilty plea by Daina Shipping Co., the registered owners of the Rena, to a charge under the Resource Management Act relating to the discharge of harmful substances following the grounding of the ship in October 2011. Daina Shipping was today fined $300,000 in the Tauranga District Court on [...]
Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction. Divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just to get into a position to cut steel This week has seen the Resolve crane barge [...]
An independent review of the response by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) to the grounding of the Rena on Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga on 5 October 2011 will be conducted by former Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Murdoch. The review will examine the MNZ response to the Rena incident and establish [...]
