Updates on Vessels & Services to New Zealand

[Stephen Chester]

Kota Lumba IMO 9439761 is replacing Kota Lestari on the ANZECS schedule.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

Captain Thanasis I IMO 9294159 is replacing MSC Sotiria III on MSC Kiwi Service. The latter vessel is transferring to the Capricorn schedule.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

MV Palawan IMO 9937402 is being added as a fourth vessel to ANL's TransTasman schedule.

[Tony des Landes]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

Northern Dexterity IMO 9345996 is joining MSC's Kiwi service. She will be replacing MSC Banu III.

[Robbie]

Capitalise Dampier is being renamed PFL Matai during her Auckland port call next week

[Stephen Chester]

That would be Capitaine Dampier.  .
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.

[Brent Hanson]

NPDL had been slot-chartering on Swire ships and plan to contribute their own to the USA service.

[Stephen Chester]

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.