Updates on Vessels & Services to New Zealand

[Stephen Chester]

Due to ongoing industrial action at the Sydney container terminals, Maersk have decided to drop the port from their OC1 ECNA/Latin America schedule. The vessels will instead call at Brisbane, as well as the Melbourne call. Containers for discharge and load in Sydney will be transhipped through Tauranga on the Polaris service. To accomodate the increased container volume they are adding a fourth vessel to the Polaris schedule and adding the call into Tauranga.

The new vessel will be Archer IMO 9338058, and she will slot in at the end of January.

[Stephen Chester]

Sofrana have announced that the Sofrana Tourville will phase out of the Westpac service to go into drydock.
Her replacement is Petkum IMO 9386988.

[Stephen Chester]

Changes to Maersk's OC1 schedule due to low water levels in the Panama Canal. Article below:

https://www.railwayage.com/intermodal/maersk-shifts-oc1-panama-canal-traffic-to-panama-canal-railway/

[Tony des Landes]

Newbuild CMA CGM Fiordland (IMO 9969106) is joining the ANZEX Service

[Stephen Chester]

More changes on the NPDL schedules:
NPDL California is replacing Capitaine Kupe on the Tahiti schedule.

NPDL Tahiti is joining Capitaine Wallis on the Auckland-Fiji-New Caledonia-Vanuatu schedule.

Capitaine Kupe is replacing Capitaine Magellan on the Suva-Funafuti-Tarawa-Kirimati schedule.

There is no word on the future of Capitaine Magellan.

[Tony des Landes]

COSCO Hamburg (IMO 9221085) is to replace Xin Xia Men on the NZS Service.

[Stephen Chester]

Nordmaas IMO 9822726 is replacing AS Sabine on the Polaris Trans Tasman schedule.

[Stephen Chester]

MSC Nimisha III IMO 9315886 ex CMA CGM Rose is joining the New Kiwi Express service.

MSC Aria III IMO 9374595 ex Cap Castillo is joining the Capricorn service.
MSC Corcovado III IMO 9241463 is joining the Capricorn service.

[Stephen Chester]

Sofrana Tourville is heading to Shekou for drydock after her call in Noumea. She is due back in Tauranga and Auckland on 16-18 March 2024. There are no forward schedules for her after this date and they have Petkum still showing in the schedule in May. Anyone know what Sofrana have planned for this vessel?

[Stephen Chester]

CMA CGM have added a call into Auckland before Tauranga on their Panama (PAD) schedule. The first vessel to call was Mathilda Schulte, followed by CMA CGM Abu Dhabi and Seatrade Blue.

[Stephen Chester]

Maersk Bogor will phase out of the OC1 schedule at Balboa, and Olivia Maersk IMO 9251638 will phase in.

[Tony des Landes]

CMA CGM Perth (IMO 9477787) is to replace CMA CGM Marlin on the KIX Service.

[Stephen Chester]

MSC Capricorn vessels are now calling Auckland to load after Tauranga. This means Auckland is now getting calls from both Kiwi service and Capricorn service vessels.

[Stephen Chester]

An unusual cargo for the port of Bluff is bagged cement from Port Hedland Australia. It is arriving in the IVS Tembe IMO 9726164, due 15 February.

[Stephen Chester]

Debussy IMO 9445576 is transferring from the North America PCX service to the Asian ANZEX service. ANL Warrnambool IMO 9440772 is transferring from ANZEX to PCX. This changeover will occur at the Port of Lyttelton.