Freight & Logistics
Ports, rail, shipping, air freight and the logistics companies moving New Zealand’s goods.
Labour announcing transport plan to get Auckland moving
The Labour Party says it has a plan which it will announce soon, to get Auckland moving and free up the roads and it says the…
Freeing up Auckland freight movement critical says RTF
The decongestion of Auckland roads is crucial to freeing the movement of freight and realising New Zealand’s economic potential, says Road Transport Forum chief executive Ken…
Decongesting Auckland could gain $1.3 billion boost
Productivity in Auckland could be boosted by at least $1.3 billion per annum by optimising the use of the road networks. An NZIER report commissioned by…
Scania reports 17% first half net sales increase
High demand for the new S-Series truck range as well as other services saw Scania’s net sales rise to a record high 58.7 billion Swedish Krona…
Scales Corporation acquires freight forwarder OceanAir
The publically-listed Scales Corporation is purchasing Auckland and Melbourne based freight forwarder OceanAir, to add to its diversified portfolio of horticulture and food ingredients, as well…
Transport, logistics, and manufacturing vacancies up 36%
Trades and services, administration and office support, and information and communication technology were the top three industries for employment opportunities on during June 2017 according to…
Maersk Line resumes Wellington container shipping service
Maersk Line is restarting its weekly Northern Star container shipping service to Wellington from September 18. The service will return once CentrePort has completed works that…
Market growth means more logistics for adult toy retailer
Online adult toy retailer Adulttoymegastore will take more than four weeks to transfer its stock to a new warehouse in Grenada North, Porirua that is ten…
Mainfreight celebrates 21 years of compounding growth
Addressing the shareholders at its AGM, founder and chairperson Bruce Plested said Mainfreights annual compound growth to date is 6045% or 21.6% per year compounding. "Only…
“World first” electric sport utility truck
Hailed as the “world’s first all-electric sport utility truck”, US firm Bollinger Motors revealed its Bollinger B1 at the Classic Car Club of Manhattan on Saturday…