Port Chalmers

Steps to reduce port Chalmers noise welcomed

Residents of Port Chalmers and surrounding areas have welcomed moves by Port Otago to mitigate the noise from visiting container ships, but are hoping for more.

Emotions ran high at a gathering of affected residents in Port Chalmers last week, people describing being kept awake at night during the Rio class ships’ weekly visits by a low-frequency sound akin to a V8 car idling in their driveway.

In March alone, the Dunedin City Council received 24 noise complaints from residents in Port Chalmers,...

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Port Chalmers suffers noise from large vessels

The new Rio-class container vessels visiting Port Chalmers weekly are causing sleepless nights for some residents, because of large, noisy generators aboard the bigger ships.

 The issue has prompted the port company to begin noise assessments at its various wharves and look for ways to mitigate the problem.Port Otago chief executive Kevin Winders said there had been “several complaints” since the arrival of the Rio-class ships used by shipping giant Maersk – one of the six sister ships now...

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Maersk sends bigger vessels at Port Chalmers

Monday’s arrival of the largest container vessel to visit Port Chalmers in the past 47 years heralds a significant change for Southern export services.

Rio de Janiero will be the first of seven ships capable of carrying more than 5900 TEU’s (20ft equivalent units), calling at Port Chalmers every Sunday.

The change from L-class to the larger Rio-class ships is effectively an upgrade of shipping giant Maersk’s existing Southern Star network, meaning potentially up to an extra 500 containers per...

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Worker struck by container at Port Chalmers (ODT)

A Port Otago worker appears to have had a lucky escape after being struck by a container being loaded on to the vessel Maersk Inverness at Port Chalmers in Sunday’s morning.

Police and fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene in Beach St about 11.30am.

Port Otago marine and infrastructure manager Sean Bolt said the man, who was taken off the ship using a man-cage slung under a container crane to a waiting ambulance, had been “struck by a container”.

Although the man was able to walk, Mr...

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