About Us

The NZ Cargo Owners Council (NZCOC) represents the shipping supply chain interests of many of the country’s largest exporters and importers. Formerly known as the NZ Shippers’ Council, and prior to that the Bulk and Homogeneous Shippers Inc, NZCOC was formed in 1983 to be the national body representing large volume cargo owners.

The Council was formed in 1983 initially as the Bulk and Homogeneous Shippers Inc to represent shippers when port and shipping interests were seeking legislation that would give them control of the waterfront industry.

The current membership includes companies and organisations with major interest in industries such as horticulture, dairy, meat, steel, forestry, FMCG, and pulp and paper; collectively accounting for in excess of 70% of New Zealand’s containerised exports and a significant amount of bulk export, imports and domestic volume.

NZCOC affiliates include ports, freight forwarders, shipping lines and road transport and rail organisations.

Members share a common goal of efficient, reliable, cost-effective movement of cargo; domestically and internationally.

The Council offers membership to major cargo owners, industry groups or organisations of owners that directly or indirectly pay the cost of shipping. 

Executive Committee

BRENT FALVEY
Chair
ANZCO Foods Limited
JADE ELSTONE
Co-Deputy Chair
Pan Pac Forest Products
Hamish Reid
Co-Deputy Chair
Dominion Salt
Jo Murray

Executive Officer
Saunders Unsworth Ltd

Alasdair MacIntosh
Zespri International Ltd
MURRAY HORNE
OJI Fibre Solutions
BEVAN ELPHICK
AFFCO
Chris Rayes
Ava Timber
Julie Tweedie
Synlait Milk
BRENDAN MILLER
Fonterra
DRITAN RAMOHITAJ
NZ Timber Importers Association
Roger Luo
Westland Milk Products/Oceania
Nigel Jones
Alliance Group Ltd
Darren Porteous
Briscoes
Rebecca Green
Macaulay Metals Ltd
Jacques Beukes
Ravensdown Ltd