The largest container ship to enter a New Zealand port, the MV Aotea Maersk, has made it’s maiden visit to Tauranga. 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.

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.

Collisions, ill-timed power failures, near misses and fires are among more than 50 dodgy incidents involving ships around our coasts over the past year.

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has disclosed a $1 billion development plan as rival Port of Tauranga signs one of the country's biggest logistics groups up to its terminal in Timaru.

Shipping giant Maersk Line, and Fonterra-backed logistics company Kotahi have signed 10-year contracts aimed at supporting the port's plan to deepen its channel by 2016.

China blocked the formation of a global alliance by the world's three biggest shipping lines sending AP Moeller-Maersk shares tumbling.

Shipping containers are being put to new uses in Auckland, as builders make inroads on two prominent city sites.

Police have warned against a "free-for-all" after a shipping container with a cargo of several million cigarettes washed ashore in Devon.

A waterfront dispute has broken out between two of New Zealand's biggest ports, arguing about who is the best.

New Zealand manufacturers are increasingly moving offshore to stay afloat, but there are other options, says Steve Nicholson