Updates on Vessels & Services to New Zealand

[Tony des Landes]

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)

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Tony des Landes]

GSL Syros (IMO 9437062) is to replace Grasmere Maersk on the Japan (JKN) Service.

[Tony des Landes]

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)

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.

[Brent Hanson]

COSCO introducing a single-ship transtas service between Auckland, Bell Bay and Melbourne using Contship Yen

[Stephen Chester]

ANL's ANZ shuttle to Australia and Noumea has added Napier to the schedule with the ANL Tasman Trader and Contship Win.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

Bluebridge ferry Straitsman IMO 9323704 has been sold and renamed Condor Islander at Wellington.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

MSC Sotiria III ex Kota Ganteng IMO 9259393 is joing the Capricorn schedule.

[Brent Hanson]

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. 

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Tony des Landes]

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.

[Stephen Chester]

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.

[Tony des Landes]

MSC Davao III (IMO 9243241) is joining the Capricorn Service. Looks like replacing MSC Vaiga III.