Ships' maydays expose fragile disaster response, safety fears to be aired at Beehive
Two ships have now issued mayday calls within months of each other.
Two ships have now issued mayday calls within months of each other.
It’s the fourth incident in New Zealand involving the vessel in the past year.
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The container ship put out a mayday call on Friday morning after losing power.
Yesterday's breakdown was the fourth in less than a year.
It's the fourth time in a year the ship has encountered troubles.
Interislander says illness and recruitment issues both affect crew availability.
Four out of five key occupations now have a work-to-residence pathway.
The port company is determined to right the wrongs by concentrating on its core business.
The Rangitata made its first stocked voyage from Gisborne to Napier on Wednesday.
Iwi and hapū have called for a delay in the hearing to allow greater input from Māori.
New route a lifeline for hard-hit economies.
Transport Minister Michael Wood announces an industry-wide change to health and safety at the ports after two workers died within less than a week of one another in April last year. Video / Mark Mitchell
Two workers died within less than a week of one another in April last year.
New Zealand's $25 billion freight and logistics sector feeling pain of ferry failures too.
Controversy is nothing new for the state-owned Cook Strait ferries.
A mayday call has put a spotlight on the ships but they've been struggling for 18 months.
New shipping calm and predictability could mean a change in ordering modes.
Publicly unseen footage offers a glimpse into the undersea world of the sunken liner.
There is little space available for disrupted passengers.
More competitive tension would be welcome, freight sector says.
The Interislander website was not offering new bookings for a month for people with cars.
Companies can pay dearly for failing to tell Maritime NZ of worker burned while welding.
Ferry issued mayday on Saturday, all passengers waited in lifejackets after loss of power.
The first migrant ship from Europe arrived in Otago 175 years ago.
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Cruise ship Viking Orion was restricted to visiting approved ports.
Liners are expected in Auckland almost daily - including three in one day - this summer.
Council, not company, will decide port's future, Brown says.
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