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Shipspotters all over the world => Shipping News and information => Topic started by: Stephen Chester on January 16, 2023, 11:36:30 PM
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Capitaine Baret will phase out of CMA CGM trans Tasman schedule at Auckland on 10 February 2023. She will call Auckland, Lyttelton (discharge only), Napier (discharge only), Tauranga, Auckland. Her replacement is Mia Schulte IMO 9676735. She will phase in at Auckand on 31 January.
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New Bluebridge ferry arrives in Wellington from Europe.
https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=150220
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BF Giant IMO 9442172 is replacing MSC Sagitta III on MSC Kiwi service.
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Contship Rex IMO 9675808 and Contship Dax IMO 9675822 are re-joining Zims NZ2A trans tasman schedule replacing
H Mercury and H Cygnus.
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Due to Cyclone Gabrielle, Port of Auckland will pause operations at 3pm today, 12 February. They hope to resume on Wednesday morning but this is weather dependent. There are at present 11 vessels at anchor in the shelter of the Hauraki Gulf off Auckland, with another 7 vessels due in the next two days. Several container vessels have come north from the Tauranga anchorage for shelter.
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Progress C ex Hyundai Progress IMO 9158563 is replacing Advance on Cosco's China Express Service.
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There are some changes at Swire Shipping.
Kota Bahagia IMO 9593672 is replacing Tasman Chief on the Trans Tasman schedule. ( She visited NZ in December 2020 for PIL when a fire broke out in number 2 hold when she was berthed at the Port of Napier.)
Swire are ending their East South East Asia service to NZ and replacing it with the Pacific Weekly Express service, which will link South East Asia with PNG and the Pacific Islands directly. NZ cargo to PNG will be loaded at Auckland by the WCNA container vessels, and tranship at Sydney to Swire vessels. Cargo from South East Asia will be shipped on PWX vessels to Noumea and then transhipped onto North Asia vessels to Auckland. The last vessel on the ESEA service will be Tonga Chief.
Samoa Chief will transfer from the ESEA schedule to the North Asia schedule, replacing Noumea Chief.
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Kota Lestari is replacing Kota Lembah on the KIX service. The latter vessel is proceeding to dry dock in Singapore.
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Capitaine Baret has concluded her charter with CMA CGM and has rejoined the NPDL fleet. She will now trade on the Tauranga/Auckland to Fiji schedule alongside Capitaine Tasman and Capitaine Dampier.
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SFL Hawaii IMO 9679555 will be a Maersk charter loading Tauranga/Napier/Lyttelton/Port Chalmers for discharge Tanjung Pelepas and Singapore.
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MSC Manu IMO 9238789 is joining the Kiwi Express Schedule.
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Atlantic Dawn IMO 9671450 is due Lyttelton 1st March from Sydney. She will exchange containersat Cashin Quay West before sailing for San Francisco. She is due back for voyage 2 on 20th March.
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Move Logistics vessel Atlas Wind IMO 9126704 started voyage 2 in Devonport Tasmania, before heading to Nelson to unload. Her next voyage takes her to Port Alma. She then heads back to NZ to Nelson, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers.
It would be interesting to know what type of cargoes the vessel is carrying. :)
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Ren Jian 16 IMO 9450911 and MSC Cape III IMO 9360271 are joining the MSC Kiwi Express Service.
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Maersk have chartered BBC Denmark IMO 9605891 to shift some transtasman containers for the South Island. She will sail Sydney - Brisbane - Timaru - Sydney - Nelson - Sydney then off hire.
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Maersk are starting a new transtasman service with Trieste Trader 1762 teu IMO 9813814. She is sailing from Tanjung Pelepas to Tauranga before commencing her transtasman schedule. She will call Nelson - Timaru - Lyttleton - Sydney.
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Atlantic Dawn IMO 9671450 is due Lyttelton 1st March from Sydney. She will exchange containersat Cashin Quay West before sailing for San Francisco. She is due back for voyage 2 on 20th March.
Atlantic Dawn voyage 2 will also call Auckland 27 March before heading to San Francisco.
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Maersk Inverness IMO 9348156 is doing a one off voyage Shanghai to Timaru where she is due 25 March. She will then presumably spend a month at anchor as she is due to load in Sydney 29 April to slot in on the ECNA schedule.
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Maersk are replacing the Synergy Keelung with the Maersk Rubicon (IMO: 9632480) on the PANZ Service. Maersk Rubicon is phasing into the PANZ service on the 29 March 2023 at Oakland.
https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2023/03/09/panz-vessel-phase-out-phase-in
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Maersk are starting a new transtasman service with Trieste Trader 1762 teu IMO 9813814. She is sailing from Tanjung Pelepas to Tauranga before commencing her transtasman schedule. She will call Nelson - Timaru - Lyttleton - Sydney.
This new schedule will now swap Melbourne instead of Sydney and add Auckland every second voyage.
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An old friend is returning to NZ shores. Nicolai Maersk IMO 9192454 is to join Trieste Trader on a new Trans Tasman service. She will do a southbound sailing from Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas to Sydney, She will then slot into the Melbourne - Auckland - Nelson - Timaru - Lyttelton - Melbourne schedule. The call into Auckland will made on every second voyage.
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Maersk contingency changes:
https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2023/03/10/new-zealand-network-contingency-update
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Maersk's new Trans Tasman schedule is called Polaris. A third vessel B Trader IMO 9813802 will join the service in May, With the launch of this service Maersk are phasing out the Coastal Connect schedule serviced by Maersk Nadi and Maersk Nansha.
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Maersk Inverness IMO 9348156 is doing a one off voyage Shanghai to Timaru where she is due 25 March. She will then presumably spend a month at anchor as she is due to load in Sydney 29 April to slot in on the ECNA schedule.
Rather than being at anchor she will do a coastal voyage Timaru - Tauranga - Nelson - Port Chalmers, before heading to Melbourne to load for ECNA. She will then return to Port Chalmers and Tauranga before heading to Panama.
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Maersk's new Trans Tasman schedule is called Polaris. A third vessel B Trader IMO 9813802 will join the service in May, With the launch of this service Maersk are phasing out the Coastal Connect schedule serviced by Maersk Nadi and Maersk Nansha.
Does this mean that Maersk Nadi and Maersk Nansha will no longer be NZ crewed?
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Maersk Nadi is finishing in Lyttelton, and Maersk Nansha in Tauranga. I presume these ports are where the new crews will take over.
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Thank you for that. Such a shame, think it was originally intended to be two years.
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AS Nadia IMO 9321897 is replacing MSC Astrid III on the Kiwi schedule
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That should read "AS NADIA" IMO: 9321897 - the former "NORDSPRING" of K.E. Oldendorff (2007).
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Lyttelton has capacity issues in its terminal, so Maersk have decided to use the retiring Maersk Nadi and Maersk Nansha to load containers for Asia at the end of their NZ service. They will load direct from Timaru and Nelson on their repositioning voyages,, reducing demand their usual tranship arranegment will incur, and also the Southern Star service (Rio's) will now have a fixed berth window at Lyttelton to improve Maersk's schedules.
Rangitata is now making 1 or 2 voyages per week between Napier and Gisborne for export containers. The Wairoa Road won't re-open for several months which is presumably the duration of the service. That said, the Napier/Taupo road was originally going to be closed for "months" but re-opened in 5 weeks, so possibly a similar result may change this fixture as well.
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According to shipbrokers Intermodal, the MSC chartered Pohorje has been sold to Swiss based interests, so it is quite possible MSC have purchased her. It will be interesting to see if she returns next month with a new name. Maybe MSC Pohorje IV? (Her TEU capacity is 4043);D
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Southern Tiare is heading to Auckland from Napier for her annual survey at Titan Marine Slipway. She will off the Chatham Islands run until 15 June. Her replacement is the barge Cronus towed by tug Kurutai.
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GSL Syros (IMO 9437062) is to replace Grasmere Maersk on the Japan (JKN) Service.
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According to shipbrokers Intermodal, the MSC chartered Pohorje has been sold to Swiss based interests, so it is quite possible MSC have purchased her. It will be interesting to see if she returns next month with a new name. Maybe MSC Pohorje IV? (Her TEU capacity is 4043);D
MSC have been confirmed as buyers and in the meantime, the next voyage of the Pohorje has been cancelled and the MSC schedule now shows MSC Durban IV in her place, so possibly this is her new name.
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COSCO introducing a single-ship transtas service between Auckland, Bell Bay and Melbourne using Contship Yen
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ANL's ANZ shuttle to Australia and Noumea has added Napier to the schedule with the ANL Tasman Trader and Contship Win.
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Neptune Pacific Direct are enhancing their Pacific Island Trades by servicing both Australia and New Zealand from April 2023. The new service will be called (ANZPAC).
Three vessels, Capitaine Tasman, Capitaine Dampier and Capitaine Tupaia will operate on the schedule. They are all of 1700 teu. The rotation will be Sydney/ Melbourne / Auckland / Suva / Lautoka / Apia / Nukualofa / Tauranga. Brisbane will be added as first Australian port call at a later date.
With this service starting there be changes to the lines other schedules.
NZ to Apia and Pago Pago will be operated on a 19 day frequency by Capitaine Magellan.
NZ to Papeete and Nukualofa will be operated on a 21 day frequency by Capitaine Kupe.
NZ to Fiji will operated by Capitaine Baret on a weekly connection.
NZ to Noumea and Port Vila connecting through Suva on a 21 day schedule will be operated by Capitaine Wallis.
Fiji to Tuvalu, Wallis & Futuna and Kiribati will operate every 21 days with Southern Pearl.
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Bluebridge ferry Straitsman IMO 9323704 has been sold and renamed Condor Islander at Wellington.
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Neptune Pacific Direct Lines new vessel to supply Norfolk Island is called "Norfolk" IMO 9906726. She is a landing craft built in Malaysia, and is DWT 2335, GWT 1850 and a teu capacity of 144. She will be on a rotation of Brisbane - Norfolk Island - Auckland - Norfolk Island, and her first voyage ex Brisbane will be mid May 2023.
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MSC Sotiria III ex Kota Ganteng IMO 9259393 is joing the Capricorn schedule.
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Two vessels absent from the Maersk "Southern Star" service are due to return imminently following drydockings, the SFL Maui and Rio de la Plata will replace the fill-in's SFL Hawaii and Monte Tamaro. Some speculation Maersk would take the opportunity to redecorate the Rio de la Plata into their colours and naming scheme as they did last year with other former Hamburg-Sud vessels. This possibility made more likely by a source
suggesting a Maersk Rio Delta will join the service at the same time other schedules nominate the Rio de la Plata.
Another newcomer to these parts also has a Maersk connection though that is from a past life, the 2005 built MSC Durham has been added to the Capricorn Asia service, previously sailed as Maersk Durham and more recently as CSL Santa Maria. At 4,838TEU one of the larger vessels MSC has brought down to New Zealand.
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Napier Port has the wrong name on their arrival schedule.
It is not MSC Durham it is MSC Durban IV ex Pohorje.
The CSL Santa Maria is now the MSC Santa Maria and is trading on the Canadian Express Service.
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Two vessels absent from the Maersk "Southern Star" service are due to return imminently following drydockings, the SFL Maui and Rio de la Plata will replace the fill-in's SFL Hawaii and Monte Tamaro. Some speculation Maersk would take the opportunity to redecorate the Rio de la Plata into their colours and naming scheme as they did last year with other former Hamburg-Sud vessels. This possibility made more likely by a source
suggesting a Maersk Rio Delta will join the service at the same time other schedules nominate the Rio de la Plata.
Maersk show Maersk Rio Delta on their website.
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Lady Jane IMO 9297474 is replacing Shiling on the NZS service. The Shiling is still docked in Wellington after experiencing full engine failure on her earlier departure. She will not be able to leave until authorities are satisfied that the repairs have been done to their satisfaction. Once this is acheived she will head for Singapore. She has an arrival date of 8 May.
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MSC Davao III (IMO 9243241) is joining the Capricorn Service. Looks like replacing MSC Vaiga III.
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MSC Davao III (IMO 9243241) is joining the Capricorn Service. Looks like replacing MSC Vaiga III.
Looking at the photos on Marine Traffic she is an old ship.
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Looking at the photos on Marine Traffic she is an old ship.
Built 2002
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An unusual visitor coming to Auckland is the Italian RO/RO vessel Grande Cotonou IMO 9672105 owned by Grimaldi Lines. She is doing Jeddah - Melbourne - Auckland - Shanghai.
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The barge Kapua is due at Northport tomorrow with its second load of logs that were loaded in Auckland. Must be more economical to go by sea than trucking them north to Northport for export.
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Maersk Innoshima IMO 9348170 is replacing Oluf Maersk on the OC1 schedule in July. Oluf Maersk willm phase out in Melbourne and head to the repair yard.
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An unusual visitor coming to Auckland is the Italian RO/RO vessel Grande Cotonou IMO 9672105 owned by Grimaldi Lines. She is doing Jeddah - Melbourne - Auckland - Shanghai.
This must be a new scheduled service, as a second vessel Grande Florida IMO 9782716 is also listed on the same port rotation. The first vessel is due Auckland 21 May and the second 11 June.
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MSC look to have added two extra vessels transferring from the Panda schedule. The Hansa Europe IMO 9459412 is down as Kiwi voyage KE318. and AS California IMO 9342695 is down as Capricorn voyage FC318. Both of these voyages were originally "blank sailings".
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More changes to the NPDL schedules.
Brisbane has been added as first Australian port on the ANZPAC schedule.
Capitaine Baret has added an Auckland port call on the Fiji Express service.
Capitaine Magellan has added Nukualofa to her Samoas schedule, and Capitaine Kupe will drop the port and only call Papeete.
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Rotterdam Bridge IMO 9224324 is being added to ANZEX schedule. She will join at Shanghai on 20 July 2023.
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WOW!! Couldn't believe it. There are 15 ships anchored off Port of Tauranga today.
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Looks like Shiling's replacement Lady Jane will only do one voyage and will be replaced by Norfolk (IMO 9440813)
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Rio Negro IMO 9357975 is phasing out of the Southern Star service. Her replacement is Maersk Rio India IMO 9357963 ex Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio Negro IMO 9357975 is phasing out of the Southern Star service. Her replacement is Maersk Rio India IMO 9357963 ex Rio de Janeiro.
I suspect she will be the next one to be renamed. She appears to be out of action for two months at the completion of this voyage and is due back in NZ in October. My bet is that she will be renamed Maersk Rio something.
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An unusual visitor coming to Auckland is the Italian RO/RO vessel Grande Cotonou IMO 9672105 owned by Grimaldi Lines. She is doing Jeddah - Melbourne - Auckland - Shanghai.
This must be a new scheduled service, as a second vessel Grande Florida IMO 9782716 is also listed on the same port rotation. The first vessel is due Auckland 21 May and the second 11 June.
This appears to be a "Round the World Service". The Grande Florida is now due Auckland 11 July, in from Port Kembla and out to Nagoya.
The next two vessels are Grande Napoli IMO 9247924 due from Antwerpen 14 July and out to Nagoya, and Grande Baltimora IMO 9784037 due 31 July from Melbourne and out to Busan.
Some vessels are coming down via Suez and others via Panama, but I can't locate a shipping schedule online.
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Conti Cordoba will phase out of the PANZ schedule at Melbourne 4 August. Her replacement is Wide India IMO 9698252 which will phase in at Melbourne 6 August.
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Maersk's Polaris schedule vessel Trieste Trader IMO 9813814 is to be renamed AS Simone.
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Maersk's Polaris vessel B Trader IMO 9813802 is to be renamed AS Sabine.
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Maersk's Polaris vessel B Trader IMO 9813802 is to be diverted from her usual schedule. She arrived in Auckland from Melbourne and is now heading for Suva. She will then head back to Melbourne before resuming her usual schedule. There is no sign yet of her name change.
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Swire Shipping are replacing Kota Bahagia with Pacific Endeavour IMO 9358022 on the trans tasman schedule.
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Ref. query from Peter Kerr - "I notice "DESTINE" is due to arrive in Wellington today. I'd only ever seen her as a bunkering tanker especially around Circular Quay, Sydney. Has she been sold? I haven't heard any news about that. She is staying in Wellington for 10 days - again interesting. Does anyone know what's up?"
I thought would move the matter to the regular New Zealand string:
In response, my sources advise - As noted the Destine previously operated in Sydney and noe following acquisition by Silver Fern Shipping, the bunker tanker will be permanently based in Wellington under the management of BP. She will operate from the Burnham Wharf in Evans Bay servicing the Interislander and Bluebridge fleets, and is intended to be renamed Kokako.
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Thanks for the news Brett. I hadn't heard about it and was surprised when I saw her arrival scheduled for Wellington last week.
Peter Kerr
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ANL Warrnambool is being replaced on the PANZ service by CMA CGM Seattle IMO 9290098. She is at present on the CNS China schedule. They are yet to announce her replacement on this service.
Olivia Maersk is phasing out of the OC1 schedule and is to be replaced by Maersk Buton IMO 9392925.
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ANL Warrnambool is transferring from the PANZ schedule to CNS schedule.
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Synergy Busan is phasing out of the PANZ service at Tauranga. She will be replaced by Seaspan Rio de Janeiro IMO 9301847.
Spirit of Singapore is phasing out of the OC1 service and will be replaced by Oluf Maersk IMO 9251626.
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Hong Kong Bridge IMO 9224336 is replacing Antwerp Bridge on the South East Asia (KIX) schedule.
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Move Logistics have added another vessel, but may be only one voyage? They have the vessel Skyline IMO 9393498 loading Gladstone, Port Alma and Devonport for New Plymouth and Nelson. Their other vessel Atlas Wind is on route from Dunedin to Bundaberg.
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Move Logistics vessel Atlas Wind is berthing at the Bundaberg bulk sugar terminal. Will keep an eye out on Auckland arrivals to see if she comes to the Chelsea sugar wharf.
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The AS SIMONE on the Maersk Polaris service is currently at anchor off Bundaberg for the past few days. Wonder what that attraction is at Bundaberg as it's not a big container hub.. The NICOLAI MAERSK on the same service is also showing as due there later next week.
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Maersk are having to adjust the Polaris schedule due to adverse weather in the Tasman. The AS Simone is anchored at Bundaberg as she is not due to berth in Melbourne until 13/10. Nicolai Maersk is loading Melbourne 9/10 and is showing loading containers at Bundaberg 15/10 that have been railed there, don't know where from. Nicolai Maersk is doing a voyage that was originally AS Sabine , as she has only just arrived at Auckland .
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Foul weather at Port Chalmers as well hampered the last voyage of Nicolai Maersk and lead to schedule adjustments though the notice made no mention of working any other ports. Maersk Wellington to make an ad hoc call to Timaru as part of this issue.
North Asia service vessels are back to running 7-10 days late so still issues with reliability though nowhere near as bad as the covid era. Tauranga not immune from weather issues either, and recently HKG closed down as a cyclone passed, though a boon for photographers with 90 vessel moves photoed over the next couple of days as operations tried to catch up.
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Kota Lumba IMO 9439761 is replacing Kota Lestari on the ANZECS schedule.
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Contship Quo IMO 9437206 is joining Cosco's Australia NZ Express service from November. They are also adding a call at Tauranga as well as Auckland.
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Captain Thanasis I IMO 9294159 is replacing MSC Sotiria III on MSC Kiwi Service. The latter vessel is transferring to the Capricorn schedule.
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Zim Line are ending their dedicated NZ2A NZ-Australia schedule with the Contship Rex and Contship Dax. From November they will be taking slots on MSC vessels from Australia.
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ANL's ANL Tasman Trader is dropping the Auckland and Napier call from the ANZ Shuttle schedule. She will join Contship Win in calling Brisbane - Noumea - Tauranga. Contship Win wll also drop the call into Napier.
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MV Palawan IMO 9937402 is being added as a fourth vessel to ANL's TransTasman schedule.
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MV Palawan IMO 9937402 is being added as a fourth vessel to ANL's TransTasman schedule.
Maybe the 4th vessel is required as it appears they are now going to be calling at 6 NZ ports.
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Container vessel Kassiakos IMO 9386471 will be a Maersk extra loader. She is calling Hong Kong - Brisbane - Melbourne - Port Chalmers - Timaru - Sydney - Tauranga - Hong Kong - Shanghai.
Another extra loader is Santa Barbara IMO 9430399. She is calling Tanjung Pelepas - Singapore - Melbourne - Brisbane - Tauranga - Lyttelton - Tauranga - Hong Kong - Shanghai.
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Neptune Pacific Direct Line has added two more vessels to its fleet. They are:
NPDL California IMO 9675822 ex Contship Dax, ex Toronto Trader.
NPDL Tahiti IMO 9675808 ex Contship Rex, ex Trinidad Trader.
Both of these vessels used to trade on the Zim Line Trans Tasman service.
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Rotterdam Bridge is phasing out of the ANZEX service and will be replaced by Derby D IMO 9278117.
Louise is phasing out of the ANZEX service and ANL Warrnambool will take over her sailings. A yet to be named vessel will be added to take over the ANL Warrnambool sailings.
Hong Kong Bridge is phasing out of the KIX service and will be replaced by Antwerp Bridge IMO 9297527.
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Northern Dexterity IMO 9345996 is joining MSC's Kiwi service. She will be replacing MSC Banu III.
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Capitalise Dampier is being renamed PFL Matai during her Auckland port call next week
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That would be Capitaine Dampier. ;D.
Why the changes?
PFL is obviously for Pacific Forum Line. I don't know what they intend to do with NPDL Tahiti and NPDL California. California seems a funny name addition for a ship trading in the South Pacific.
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NPDL had been slot-chartering on Swire ships and plan to contribute their own to the USA service.
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Maersk have chartered the Merkur Horizon IMO 9456989 as an extra loader from Tauranga to Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Maersk Bali IMO 9394870 is joining the OC1 ECNA schedule.
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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.
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Sofrana have announced that the Sofrana Tourville will phase out of the Westpac service to go into drydock.
Her replacement is Petkum IMO 9386988.
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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/
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Newbuild CMA CGM Fiordland (IMO 9969106) is joining the ANZEX Service
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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.
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COSCO Hamburg (IMO 9221085) is to replace Xin Xia Men on the NZS Service.
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Nordmaas IMO 9822726 is replacing AS Sabine on the Polaris Trans Tasman schedule.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Maersk Bogor will phase out of the OC1 schedule at Balboa, and Olivia Maersk IMO 9251638 will phase in.
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CMA CGM Perth (IMO 9477787) is to replace CMA CGM Marlin on the KIX Service.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Northern Guild is phasing out of ANZEX and is being replaced by Jonathan Swift IMO 9431824.
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MV Archer is phasing out of Maersk's Polaris service at Port Chalmers on 21 March. She will then load Napier and Tauranga for Kobe, Busan, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Capitaine Baret is leaving the NPDL Fiji Express service and will be replaced by the NPDL Tahiti.
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Does anyone know what is happening with Majestic Princess? She sailed from Sydney to Auckland, and sheltered in the Bay of Islands anchorage due to yesterdays severe storm. She then proceeded on to Auckland and has been going around in circles. Port of Auckland has her anchoring from 13.33 today until 04.30 on March 22. Can't see that happening as she has passengers and crew on board. Weird....
They have now modified her anchor time to 01.30 6 March. She may be omitting her Auckland call and heading to Tauranga where she is due tomorrow.
Looks like she is heading straight for Tauranga.
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Pacifica Shipping have made changes to their coastal schedule.
Moana Chief will now call Auckland - Lyttelton - Timaru (Fortnightly)
Takutai Chief will now call Auckland - Lyttelton - Marsden Point - Tauranga.
Nelson cargo for Auckland and Tauranga will be carried on other vessels as required.
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AS Simone is phasing out of Maersk's Polaris schedule at Sydney on 14 March. This takes the service down to two vessels, Nicolai Maersk and Nordmass.
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Antwerp Bridge is phasing out of the KIX service at Singapore on 5th April. She will be replaced by CMA CGM Marlin.
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Due to the on going mechanical issue with the Capitaine Wallis, her Noumea and Vanuatu cargo has been transferred to Sofrana Surville. Her Vanuatu cargo will be transhipped to Southern Pearl at Noumea. Capitaine Magellan will take over the schedule on her return from drydock in China on 2nd April. The future of Capitaine Wallis is uncertain.
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Jack London IMO 9431812 is replacing Derby D on the ANZEX schedule.
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Newbuild MSC Nurya G IMO 9955791 is joining the Kiwi Service.
Northern Dexterity IMO 9345996 is joining the Capricorn Service.
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CMA CGM Quelimane IMO 9367839 will replace Mia Schulte on ANL's Trans Tasman schedule.
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Container vessel Norfolk is phasing out of the KIX schedule for one round voyage. She will be replaced for this voyage by OOCL Nagoya.
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AS Simone is phasing out of Maersk's Polaris schedule at Sydney on 14 March. This takes the service down to two vessels, Nicolai Maersk and Nordmass.
It appears that AS Simone is no longer phasing out. She sailed from Sydney to Suva anchorage before berthing and then returning to anchorage. She is now on her way to Auckland, where she will resume her Trans Tasman schedule.
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More NPDL schedule changes:
Capitaine Magellan is returning from drydock and will replace Capitaine Wallis on the NOUVAPAC trade.
Capitaine Kupe is replacing NPDL California on the Tahiti & Tonga trade. The latter vessel is heading to drydock.
Southern Pearl is replacing Capitaine Kupe on the Tuvalu & Kiribati trade.
Capitaine Wallis is replacing Southern Pearl on the Wallis & Futuna trade.
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Does anyone know what is happening with Coastal Bulk Shipping's Rangitata. She arrived in Auckland from Wellington on 18th November 2023 for annual survey. She had completed survey some time ago and been out to the Hauraki Gulf anchorages a couple of times for engine tests and compass adjustments etc. She has had several departure dates but these keep being put back. She was supposed to sail at midday today 2 April, but now it is "maybe" on the 15th April. I wouldn't have thought a small coastal shipping company could afford to have a vessel out of action fo so long.
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Cosco Shipping are replacing Norfolk with Cosco Auckland IMO 9484261 on the NZS schedule.
MSC have added MSC Santa Maria IMO 9290426 ex Maersk Durham to the Capricorn schedule.
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Japanese tuna boat runs aground in Auckland.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fishing-boat-run-aground-in-the-noises-hauraki-gulf/AZUXFTNDUVG7LPU4CD7H73YAYI/
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CMA CGM Dutch Harbour is phasing out of the PANZ service and transferring to the KIX service.
Her replacement is CMA CGM Marlin which is transferring from the KIX service to the PANZ service.
The swap will happen in Wellington from 21 to 27 April.
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CMA CGM Fiordland is phasing out of the ANZEX service and will be replaced by APL Scotland IMO 9218662.
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Sofrana Tourville has completed her drydock in China. She then loaded in Shenzen and sailed for Chittagong, where she is presently anchored. Not sure if she is returning to New Zealand.
She is now sailing for Bengal Bay Express Line between Chittagong, Singapore and Port Kelang. There has been no name change.
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Sofrana Surville is heading to drydock. Her replacement is Baldur IMO 9470894. It will be interesting to see if she returns or goes the way of Sofrana Tourville.