by Vari Jones | Jun 14, 2024 | Media Releases
Road freight peak body Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand is warning that sustained Port of Auckland (POAL) price hikes will hurt businesses and consumers across the country, unless accompanied by significant port productivity gains. POAL recently announced...
by Vari Jones | Dec 14, 2023 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Council of Cargo Owners is encouraged by the partial approval for the Port of Tauranga berth extension project. The port has received provisional resource consent for Stage 1 of its planned container wharf extension. NZCCO Chair, Mike Knowles, said...
by Vari Jones | Oct 19, 2023 | Media Releases
The organisation representing New Zealand’s largest cargo owners says POAL’s recently announced price rises and new charges need to be accompanied by equally significant increases in productivity, to at least what they were pre-Covid-19. Current Ministry of Transport...
by Vari Jones | Aug 21, 2023 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Council of Cargo Owners is underwhelmed by the long-awaited New Zealand Freight and Supply Chain Strategy released on Friday by the Ministry of Transport. “It is difficult to see how this is a ‘strategy’ said Chair Mike Knowles “It appears more of an...
by Vari Jones | Aug 4, 2023 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Council of Cargo Owners’ recent annual meeting was dominated by concern about the lack of a long-term multi-modal strategy for planning and building the supply chain infrastructure necessary to meet the country’s future freight task. NZCCO believes...
by Vari Jones | Mar 10, 2022 | Media Releases
An update on current logistics and supply chain challenges faced by exporters to the United Kingdom, in the context of COVID-19 disruption and the ongoing impacts of Brexit.