Updates on vessels and services to New Zealand in 2013

[Stephen Chester]

Thanks Brent.
The "Southern Tiare's" first voyage is from Nelson,where she has been up on the slip for hull painting and name change, to Timaru, where she spends one day, and then on to Napier, where she spends five days. She then sails to Auckland to start her first voyage to Norfolk Island.
According to Chatham Island Shipping website, the "Baldur" will continue to service the Chathams from Timaru and Napier. I wouldn't have thought there was enough cargo for three vessels, with the "Rangatira" doing Timaru to Chathams as well.

[Stephen Chester]

Southern Lily 2 IMO 9278909 will be renamed "Kota Hening" before her departure from NZ.

[Stephen Chester]

"Noble Regor" is doing one south bound sailing on the ANZEX service and then transferring to the Panama Direct service to replace "CMA CGM Matisse. She will in turn transfer to the ANZEX
service. The swap will occur in Auckland with the arrival of Noble Regor on 8 June and CMA CGM Matisse on 9 June.

[Stephen Chester]

"Maersk Jurong" will do one northbound voyage on the NZ1 schedule and finish in Singapore. No further voyages are available for this vessel.
The "Olga Maersk" will transfer to the OC1 schedule replacing Maersk Jurong.
The cargo transfer between these vessels will occur in Auckland on 21 May.
The new vessel replacing Olga Maersk is a return of "Nicolai Maersk" IMO 9192454.

[Stephen Chester]

"Southern Cross" IMO 9436874 will be renamed "Kota Darjah" for her return to Singapore.

[Stephen Chester]

The CSC Zhong Hai and Pacific Lohas have been replaced by "Matsumae", "Matsushima" and "Mutsu" on the Triboard export trade to Japan. The discharge port in Japan has changed from Hiroshima to Hatsukaishi.

[Stephen Chester]

The small reefer "Copihue" IMO 8811857 is due mid June at Marsden Point, Tauranga and Napier to load butter for Singapore.

[Brent]

And an old friend returns to the Maersk Asia Star service, with Nicolai Maersk back next month. 

[Stephen Chester]

Maersk are doing a major reorganisation of their NZ1 South East Asia service.
From mid July there will be two strings from New Zealand to Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas.
Five vessels will service Nelson, Wellington and Tauranga.
They are:
Jeppesen Maersk
Irenes Reliance
Josephine Maersk
Oluf Maersk
Jens Maersk
Five 2001 built sisters of 50,721 GRT will service Auckland, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers.
They are:
Leda Maersk
Laust Maersk
Lica Maersk
Laura Maersk
Lexa Maersk
These vessel will all head to the "Repair Yard" before entering service.
This means that Maersk Juan, Maersk Jambi, Maersk Jubail, Maersk Jaipur, E R Malmo and Nicolai Maersk will be exiting the service.
This also means that Maersk will be leaving the WCNA service they presently share with Hamburg Sud, and all containers will be transshipped over Tanjung Pelepas.

[Stephen Chester]

Hamburg Sud are replacing Cap Vilano with "E R Wilhelmshaven" IMO 9246310 on the WCNA run. She is due in Auckland 4 August.

[Stephen Chester]

I don't know what's happening with the second string. According to the Maersk schedule Josephine Maersk & Oluf Maersk are having a 1 month lay up in Singapore. Jens Maersk is having a 2 month lay up and Irenes Reliance is finishing on 25 August also in Singapore. Only Jeppesen Maersk seems to be having an uninterrupted schedule.

[Tony des Landes]

Maersk have advised that during the phase in period of the revised schedules, some ports will only be served fortnightly between July and September, so this must be why some ships have been temporarily laid up.

On Swires North Asian Service, Pine's 1,3 and 6 are to be replaced by newbuilds Shengking, Shuntien and Siangtan.

[Tony des Landes]

CMA CGM are to replace the San Aurelio with the Amalia C on the ANZEX Service

[Stephen Chester]

She used to be Hamburg Sud's "Cap Ortegal" IMO 9166649.

[Tony des Landes]

It looks like the Amalia C won't be joining the ANZEX Service now and instead the Thomas Mann (IMO 9248667) will take her place.