New Zealand transport company KiwiRail has started discussions with South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) to enter a termination agreement for the contract for the build of two new Ro-Pax ferries. KiwiRail said this follows the New Zealand Government’s decision last year not to provide further...
Best Medium Fish Farm Support Vessel – San Little Glory – Southern Ocean Solutions One of a pair of Australian-designed fish farm work boats built for two separate New Zealand salmon farmer owners. Highly purposeful, the 18- by 10-metre steel catamarans were designed and built to handle a multitude...
The greatest maritime security problem currently facing the world is the campaign of attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea and its environs by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The campaign is adding costs and is delaying too many ships’ voyages, as they now often have taken a much longer route around...
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission of New Zealand (TAIC) is investigating an accident involving a scenic cruise vessel that ran aground in the country’s far south west on Wednesday, January 24. The grounding of the cruise ship Fiordland Navigator occurred at around 18:15 local time on...
Greymouth, New Zealand-based fishing company Westfleet Seafoods recently took delivery of a new longline fishing vessel built by compatriot shipyard the AIMEX Service Group. Designed by Australian naval architecture firm Oceantech, the vessel has been named Te Runanga after a town in New Zealand’s...
The Russian Navy welcomes two new submarines into service as trials begin for a fisheries protection vessel for a UK operator. The Royal New Zealand Navy will conduct testing of an unmanned vehicle powered by renewable energy sources. Finally, an order has been placed for a minehunting remotely...
Swiss technology company ABB has secured a contract with Auckland Transport (AT), New Zealand’s transport services and infrastructure provider, to deliver the maritime industry’s first megawatt charging system (MCS) for all-electric and hybrid-electric ferries.
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Honolulu-based tour operator Hawaii Dolphin recently acquired a new wildlife excursion vessel built to a design by New Zealand naval architecture firm Teknicraft Design. Poseidon is a semi-displacement, aluminium catamaran vessel measuring 50 by 17 feet (15.2 by 5.1 metres) and capable of...
A new pilot boat was recently handed over to an undisclosed customer in Central America. Aldebaran was built to a design by New Zealand-based naval architecture firm Naiad Design. The vessel is a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) has an aluminium hull, a length of 11.3 metres, a beam of 3.85 metres, a...
The Port of Auckland Limited (POAL) has been sentenced in New Zealand following their guilty plea to two charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. The charges…
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