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The frustration and unpredictability of getting goods too and from New Zealand, has been discussed a lot over the past year.
Most supply chains globally were unprepared for these surges in consumer demand, but this is especially true for our country at the very end of that chain.
6-minute read
Not good news for importers & exporters. The “profit bonanza” being enjoyed by container shipping lines at present, through skyhigh freight rates, are set to remain in place for a couple of years more.
2-minute read
Rail in New Zealand has been estimated to provide a total value of $1.7 billion to $2.14 billion to the country’s economy each year.
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Global container shipping pressures remain acute with shippers and carriers impacted by ongoing delays, congestion costs, and capacity shortages.
3-minute read
To avoid unnecessary delays to their next consignments, importers of food for sale need to have a valid Food Importer registration and complete their Intended Use declarations for all consignments of food, drinks, and ingredients.
3-minute read
There are some large question-marks forming over the momentum of shipping freight rates and whether these will taper back when normality returns to international supply chains. Or have higher rates become the newest ‘new normal’?
6-minute read
The number of questions asked about congestion at the Ports of Auckland left me in no doubt that people are searching to understand the problems faced generally by the port, shipping lines and the transport industry.
4-minute read
Continued strong investment in rail, support for coastal shipping and development of road freight routes that service ports in particular are among the focuses of newly-appointed Minister of Transport Michael Wood.
5-minute read
Newly-appointed Transport Minister Michael Wood has got some big challenges to tackle during the next 3 years in power.
For the moment, he is still getting his feet under the table and being briefed on what he – and Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson – face ahead of them.
4-minute read
There’s no way of sugar coating the pill regarding the current supply chain situation globally. It’s either severely stressed or broken, at almost every link in the chain.