Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Herald tom.dillane@nzme.co.nz@tomdillane1 A written proposal from the chair of Auckland Council’s…
Mandatory Covid-19 testing of all ports staff reined in to only ‘high risk’ contacts
Listen The government has backtracked on plans to urgently test every single person who had come into the Ports of…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland and Tauranga port communities caught in mass Covid-19 test order
By: Andrea Fox Herald business writer andrea.fox@nzme.co.nz The logistics skills of the busy ports of Auckland and Tauranga are being showcased…
Covid-19 testing to take place at all ports in New Zealand
After months of urging that ports should be treated like airports for Covid-19 security, New Zealand port companies have been…
Beirut explosion casts harsh light on international shipping rules
Murky story of a ship called the Rhosus, which began life as a Japanese dredger Andrew North – August 10,…
Concern for merchant sailors stranded in NZ waters
An estimated 300,000 crew on merchant ships have been left stranded at sea around the world by the coronavirus pandemic…
National pledges new tunnel and highway in Wellington transport plan
The National Party has pledged a $4 billion infrastructure package for Wellington and the Hutt Valley if it is voted…
NZTA gets $1bn from recovery fund to keep large projects afloat
The government is spending over a billion dollars from its Covid-19 recovery fund on the Transport Agency, to make up…
Harrowing CCTV footage show Kiwis’ near misses with trains
Harrowing CCTV footage released by Kiwirail shows Kiwis’ near misses with trains as the organisation begins its campaign for Rail…
KiwiRail replaces two railway bridges in one weekend near Te Puke
Bay of Plenty Times 6/8/20 Last weekend KiwiRail staff and contractors replaced two railway bridges – Bridge 105 near Pukehina…