Freight & Logistics
Ports, rail, shipping, air freight and the logistics companies moving New Zealand’s goods.
Freightways posts $47.4m profit amid ‘uncertain’ outlook
Freightways has posted a $47.4 million profit for the 12 months to June 30. This is down 25% year-on-year despite operating as an essential service across…
Auckland Airport down more than 15 million passengers in FY20
Auckland Airport chair Patrick Strange says the last six months have been “the most challenging” of the airport’s 54-year history. His comments are on the…
Sime Darby Transport COVID-19 updates plus Q&A
Sime Darby Transport (NZ) Ltd and its trading brands TWL, Transpecs, Hyster NZ, Palfinger NZ and Engineering & Plant Services are closely monitoring the current…
Freight movement needs ‘common sense’ approach: Auckland Business Chamber
The Auckland Business Chamber is backing calls to improve freight movement at border checkpoints during Auckland’s level 3 restrictions. It says “unnecessary and unacceptable delays” are happening…
Nick Leggett: Private sector logistics expertise needed, now
We have a COVID-19 resurgence plan they said, and for 102 days New Zealanders breathed a sigh of relief and believed them. Even if they didn’t…
Ports of Auckland pleads guilty following workplace death
Ports of Auckland has pleaded guilty to a health and safety charge following the death of one of its workers in a straddle carrier accident…
Eurocargo food truck is quite a dish
One of Australia’s largest food trucks is patiently waiting for the opportunity to hit Victorian events and corporate functions once the state comes out of lockdown…
Video: COVID-19 testing ramps up at ports and borders
Around 3485 workers at ports around New Zealand have been tested for COVID-19 to date, health minister Chris Hipkins says. This includes Ports of Auckland, Port…
Ports of Auckland worker tests positive for COVID-19
Ports of Auckland has been advised that a person in the current Auckland cluster of COVID-19 cases worked on the port between August 10 and 12…
Video: Truck owners give thumbs up to NRC membership
Truck company owners have given a big thumbs up to their membership of National Road Carriers Association (NRC), especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Twenty NRC members…