Updates on vessels and services to New Zealand in 2013

[Stephen Chester]

"Manini" ex Southern Tiare IMO 8719176 has finally sailed from Auckland. She arrived in port on 6 November 2012.
She has headed to Nelson for repairs and will be there until 29 April.

[Tony des Landes]

Wellington Strait is to be replaced by the Bonny on the ANZEX Service

[Stephen Chester]

Just been looking at the "Manini" berthing in Nelson. The Port of Nelson have some great clear webcams to look at operations at the port.

[Tony des Landes]

It appears as though Cap Manuel is to be replaced by HS Chopin on the Japanese Service

[Stephen Chester]

Auckland is expecting a visit from "MSC Immacolata" IMO 9463205. She is the first car carrier with a MSC name.

[Stephen Chester]

"Irenes Reliance " IMO 9315862 will replace "Olga Maersk" on the NZ1 South East Asia schedule.

[Tony des Landes]

Swire Shipping are showing a vessel called the Nanning on their South East Asian schedule due in July.

No details available.

[Nigel Price]

Tony - It may be the third of their 31000 Dwt new buildings from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipyard.
The "Shansi" - IMO 9614476 and yard # 637; and the "Shantung" - IMO 9614488 and yard # 638; were christened at a ceremony on 13th March. The third in the series for Swire Group, yard # 639, is due to be launched in mid April.
http://www.ouhuashipbuilding.com - look in the news section.

[Stephen Chester]

The third newbuild is supposed to be named "Shaoshing".

[Tony des Landes]

The complete list is as follows so I suspect the Nanning will be a chartered vessel

Shansi   
Shantung   
Shaoshing      
Shengking       
Shuntien   
Siangtan    
Soochow      
Szechuen

[Stephen Chester]

Anatoki is in Wellington 8 April to discharge cement from Whangarei. I presume it is bagged on pallets.
Rangatira is due 9 April from Timaru. The arrivals says "other bulk cargo", but I think it may be hay bales.

[Brent]

After just one trip on NZJ service HS Chopin being replaced by Cap Cortes in June and HS Berlioz makes just two trips and will be replaced in July by Cap Cleveland, must be a new version as previous NZ trader of same name is now sailing as Sofia Schulte. One is probably a sisters to newbuild Cap Corrientes that was part of an order for two US$50mn vessels from the Chinese Taizhou Kouan SB Co's. Taizhou Catic yard for charter to Hamburg-Sud by German tramp owner Carsten Rehder.

[Stephen Chester]

Pacific Direct Line are to take over the "Manini" IMO 8719176 from Matson line for their service to Norfolk Island. This vessel used to be "Southern Tiare" under Reef Shipping and ran to Niue Island. She is dry docking in Nelson at present and will be renamed "Southern Tiare" again for her new service. She will load in Auckland 31 May.
In the interim they have chartered the "Baldur" IMO 7607182 a converted fishing vessel, that trades to the Chatham Islands from Napier, to do one trip to Norfolk Island. She will load in Auckland 30 April.

[Stephen Chester]

It looks like "Messologi" will only do one trip on the Capricorn service for MSC. She is to be replaced By "Mare Arcticum" IMO 9213284.

CMA CGM are to replace "Westerems" with "Noble Regor" IMO 9509126, on their ANZEX service.

[Stephen Chester]

Swire Shipping are to replace "Nanchang" with "Helene Rickmers" IMO 9144158 on their South East Asia schedule. She is due Napier 5th June.