Freight & Logistics
Ports, rail, shipping, air freight and the logistics companies moving New Zealand’s goods.
Auckland’s draft transport plan open for feedback
Auckland Transport's draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) is open for public feedback and proposes $63 billion worth of investment over the next 10 years. The…
Watch: Sir John Kirwan talks about mental wellbeing in the transport sector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTDwqAZAZ0k&t=4222s Breathing, walking slowly and savouring your morning coffee may not sound like a revolutionary medical treatment, but if you’re a truck driver struggling with your…
Rotorua event to showcase log transport tech
The very latest technologies and results from log transport and other heavy fleet trials and early commercial operations are set to be showcased in Rotorua next…
Govt documents released on KiwiRail’s abandoned iReX project
Government documents have been released relating to KiwiRail’s failed Inter-Island Resilient Connection (iReX) project. It includes dozens of documents from the Treasury, the Ministry of Transport, the…
Justin Tighe-Umbers: Transport businesses pay the price for employment breaches
Justin Tighe-Umbers Recently, at least two transport operators have hit the headlines for the all the wrong reasons. Failing to look after their people, both fell…
NZ’s infrastructure strategy showing progress, says report
A monitoring report on New Zealand's first national infrastructure strategy says progress is being made on critical infrastructure but there's room for improvement. Published by Te…
Toll boss predicts major supply chain shake-up
Combined forces of geopolitics, decarbonisation, digitalisation and automation are set to radically transform global supply chains over the next five years. That was one of the…
New Auckland port deal to net $1.1b for council, freight costs to rise
A proposal to lease Port of Auckland commercial operations has been scrapped under a new plan which will see the port contribute $1.1 billion in profits…
THL reports vehicle sales decline
Tourism Holdings Limited (THL) is reducing its FY24 net profit after tax guidance to be between $50m and $53m, citing a weakening economy and declining vehicle…
Sustainable logistics key part of $100m ‘green’ industrial development
A $100 million-plus industrial complex under construction in a historic trading area of Auckland will create a new standard for the sustainable distribution of goods in…