Call To Integrate Land And Sea Transport
NZ Shipping Federation President and Pacifica Shipping CEO, Rod Grout, has renewed his calls for coastal shipping and the road network to be better …
Archive for April, 2008
Road Building Priority For National
National’s Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson, says if his party gets into power later this year, roads will be high on its transport agenda. Williamson …
Back To The Future For National’s Transport Policy
With oil prices at record high levels and signals from oil producing countries prices will likely stay high (they have no incentive to cut …
Web-Based Consent Process Introduced
An internet-based system for handling roadwork consents developed for Upper Hutt City Council is tipped to reduce the frequency of road works and cut accident …
ARC Rejects Tolling For Motorway
Auckland Regional Council members have come out against using tolling to pay for the $1.9bn tunnelled motorway through Waterview which casts new doubts over …
Split Funding Equals Short-Sighted Decisionmaking
At some point in the dark mists of history someone decided it would be a good idea to let Local Govt politicians, who more …
Ports Of Auckland Focuses On Container Trade
Ports of Auckland is taking steps to cope with booming container trade which is expected to grow more than five-fold to 4.22m TEUs per …
Reality Check For Ports With Service Consolidation
The recent announcement by Maersk and Hamburg Sud the shipping lines will rationalise their services from NZ to North America highlights yet again the …
PrimePort Timaru Big Loser In Service Revamp
PrimePort Timaru is likely to lose up to half its trade following a decision by Maersk and Hamburg Sud to combine their container services …
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