NZ Shipping Federation President and Pacifica Shipping CEO, Rod Grout, has renewed his calls for coastal shipping and the road network to be better integrated. Speaking at the NZ Freight Transport Summit, Grout backed the call of Port Taranaki CEO, Roy Weaver, for black highways (roads) to be seamlessly linked with blue highways (sea routes). […]
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 says it is no secret roads are a key part of getting the country’s transport infrastructure up to scratch, and National will be building lots more. Williamson says NZ’s road spending […]
With oil prices at record high levels and signals from oil producing countries prices will likely stay high (they have no incentive to cut prices with surging demand in China in particular) any sensible transport policy will be looking to maximise the use of energy efficient forms of transport. Already NZ’s high reliance on road […]
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 rates. The system, which may be adopted nation-wide, replaces paper processes, and was developed by Wanganui firm BureauCo. Director Jim Coe says with the e-Road system utility companies such as telecommunications […]
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 when the project may be completed. The Council’s Transport Committee supports in principle the project Transit NZ wants to complete by 2015 as the final link in Auckland’s 48km Western Ring […]
At some point in the dark mists of history someone decided it would be a good idea to let Local Govt politicians, who more often than not are mostly concerned with getting re-elected, to have a say in the development of national transport infrastructure. This is a very bad idea and needs to be knocked […]
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 annum by 2040. The Port Development Plan will focus on optimising capacity through developing new terminal and operating plant and systems while adding additional container handling space through reclamation. The plan […]
The recent announcement by Maersk and Hamburg Sud the shipping lines will rationalise their services from NZ to North America highlights yet again the small scale of NZ’s ports relative to the might of the big global shipping companies. NZ often has an inflated opinion of itself in terms of its perceived importance in the […]
PrimePort Timaru is likely to lose up to half its trade following a decision by Maersk and Hamburg Sud to combine their container services currently operating through Timaru on to the USA and Europe. They will be replaced with a smaller capacity service once a week feeding into Port Chalmers.
PrimePort CEO, Jeremy Boys, says the […]
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