November 2015 Newsletter

Issue No 4 November 2015 SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL POLICY AND STRATEGY DAY – 18 November Shippers’ Council members are meeting in November for their annual policy and strategy day. The Council will meet to agree policy positions on major issues that affect all major...

October 2015 Newsletter

Council Reports Report of the 2015 AGM We had a fantastic turnout to our meetings on 27 August 2015 kindly hosted by Alan Piper at their KiwiRail premises. The highlight was a presentation from Chris Welsh, the General Secretary of the Global Shippers Forum and the...

All Strength to Groser’s Arm

The Shippers’ Council today welcomed media accounts suggesting increased flexibility from key players on dairy and other issues that caused the TPP negotiations to stall at Maui. The United States has called a meeting of TPP Ministers on 1 and 2 October in Atlanta....

July 2014 Newsletter

Issue No2 June/July 2014 Pathway to big ships The recent announcements by KOTAHI , Port of Tauranga, and Maersk will could see the next generation of bigger container ships calling at a New Zealand port potentially as soon as 2016. Your Councils 2010 report “The...