KiwiRail has announced a workaround for rail lines severed by the Kaikoura earthquake - a coastal shipping service from Auckland to Christchurch.

The repair of Kaikoura's harbour may provide an opportunity for Westport's dredge, says Buller Mayor Garry Howard.

Cook Strait ferries are up and running after Monday's earthquake.

Plans for a ferry between Whanganui and Port Motueka have been revisited. And pending a feasibility study by the council, could have the Mayor's support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Herald has put together the ultimate silly season planning guide to get you to the big day with the minimum of fuss.

Mainfreight managing director Don Braid says he will take on more trucks and ships in the lead-up to what he expects to be record

COMMENT: Better use of our existing waterfront assets is preferable to pouring more concrete into our beautiful harbour.

A Government funded feasibility study is looking at the future use of the Whanganui Port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Government funded feasibility study is looking at the future use of the Whanganui Port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Shipping container MEDU3333950 held a secret; 91kg of cocaine - and there could be a British aristocrat behind it all.

CentrePort's profit rose to $17.9m.

Shippers have given the thumbs down to one finding from the Port Future Study - that Auckland's next major port could be sited in the Manukau Harbour.

Dredging of shipping canal leads to explosive discovery.

Ports of Auckland boss says the company is working to repair its image here after fallout from failed attempts to extend a wharf.

Advanced algorithms select the most efficient pathway for autonomous carriers to move containers across this wharf.

Excess supply in industry augurs tough six months.

Even with fuel at its cheapest price in almost a decade, the ships that carry goods around the world have been cutting speed.

The $1.3b megaship Ovation of the Seas has been confirmed to visit next year but in Auckland passengers may have to be ferried from the ship to shore in small boats.

Owners of a new generation mega cruise ship heading for New Zealand say they welcome plans by Ports of Auckland to extend its container wharves.

Ovation is still being built at a shipyard in Germany and when finished will be 348m long and 168,666 gross registered tonnes.

Over the past month, Ports of Auckland has made announcements about its intention to extend wharf structures out from Bledisloe Wharf.

Four firefighters have been taken to hospital as a precaution after a shipping container containing insect repellent caught fire in west Auckland this afternoon.

Auckland's Mayor is seeking an urgent explanation from Ports of Auckland after it announced plans yesterday to begin demolishing the end of Marsden Wharf next week.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is seeking an urgent explanation from Ports of Auckland after it announced plans today to begin demolishing Marsden Wharf next week.

The UN's refugee agency has revealed "the most lethal route in the world" after a record number of deaths.

New Zealand's Chinese community is outraged at a "lack of respect" shown to the wreck of a ship which sank more than 100 years ago with 499 Chinese bodies on board.

A mission to Mars will be mankind's next giant leap. But one expert has suggested it might be simpler to get to the red planet in a series of smaller jumps - using asteroids as stepping stones.

Take a look at the German launch of a megaship so big that Auckland will expand its wharf for its visit