Transport
Shipping rates soar amid disruptions
Fears that ocean traffic could be disrupted for next few months.
New Ashburton bridge tops Canterbury priority list
Plan sees doubling of investment in transport system over next decade.
‘Video game’ app tests driver fatigue
Trucking firms are trialling an app designed to measure alertness in drivers.
EVs pass halfway mark in NZ’s total new sales and used imports
Clean Car Discount hailed as successful by prime minister.
Shipping delays to stick around for 2022
Global shipping delays are unlikely to improve this year.
Speed limit cuts will drive up prices
Cutting the speed limit on state highways around the country to address the number of road fatalities is only a short-term solution that fails to address the real problems and will lead to higher prices for consumers, Federated Farmers transport spokesperson Karen Williams says.
Highway speed reduction opposed
HAWKE’S Bay Regional Council has hit back at Waka Kotahi (NZTA) plans to reduce the speed limit on a 76km stretch of the Napier-Taupō highway from 100km to 80km.
‘Pick winners’ to float coastal shipping
A major freight company says plans to kickstart coastal shipping will be dead in the water unless the Government backs commercial winners, rather than “taking shortcuts” in the form of taxpayer subsidised sailings.
Ballance increases AdBlue production to avoid national shortage
A global shortage of AdBlue has forced fertiliser company Ballance to increase its production to keep New Zealand’s transport and heavy machinery industries moving.
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