The Maritime Worker Official newsletter of the Wellington Branch of the Maritime Union of New Zealand – Vol. 15 February 2022
Save Our Tankers By Tony Mowbray, Branch President With the recent berthing in Wellington of the NZ crewed MT Matuku, MUNZ members on board the Valentine showed their support by displaying a banner stating a simple message. With recent media coverage on the issue it was hoped all north bound traffic driving past may have been aware of the issues. It is critical the Government intervene to retain our own domestic fuel delivery instead of relying on foreign shippers, after all they are fully aware of our ongoing “coastal shipping” campaign.
With the closure of Marsden Point refinery and the pending loss of our two tankers, domestic fuel supplies could be compromised along with prices at the pump increasing. It would mean the loss of jobs, including all members of the three Unions that work these ships. Take note of what is happening and get behind the push to save them by making the public aware by talking to friends and family, letters to the Editor, local MPs and social media. It has to get out into the public by whatever means necessary, and all members can play a part. The Wellington Branch fully supports our members on the tankers in whatever action they take. Hopefully the appropriate Ministers eventually see the importance.
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Branch Secretary Report February 2022 By Jim King, Branch Secretary/Treasurer KiwiRail Covid With the way things are going with the new COVID variant (Omicron) it looks like it could be in Wellington and on the ferries before we know it. It would not surprise me if KR-IIL will again look at the option of turning the Aratere into a LOB vessel for the AB’s and Catering departments. This is something we will need to be prepared for if this situation arises. New Zealand is now in “Red” in the traffic light system. “Red” is not the same as a lockdown. For example, the Government is not restricting travel, and businesses will still be open. The Interislander, is still running, although things may change as this next phase of the pandemic unfolds in New Zealand Those working on the frontline to deliver KR-IIL services will be advised of any changes needed in the way they operate. KR are immediately isolating Level 3 at Wellington Railway Station to protect Train Control. If you are required to go into the KR-IIL office in Wellington, then while you’re there, strictly observe social distancing and wear an N95 mask if you have one, or another mask if you don’t have an N95. KR-IIL wage rounds 2021 I’m pleased to advise that the wage rounds have had a more than satisfactory outcome. Probably one of the biggest settlements this union has received in the past 25–30 years, the big win mainly being the live on boards and 6 X 4 WOWOs receiving the alternative days leave when public holidays are worked. Valentine Crew accommodation: KR-IIL are currently modifying the driver cabins to increase space in them, and at the same time they are looking to have additional separate accommodation units for the vessel which can be used for crew and drivers separately. Concurrently, since LOB crew is increased, KR-IIL are working to resolve the challenge of increasing lifesaving appliances capacity of the ship by means of new lifeboats/ inflatable life rafts to Class satisfaction. KR-IIL advised me that all the solutions being worked
on are time consuming and require significant investments from Kiwirail, therefore, at the time they believed that some facilities might not have been adaptable prior to commercial sailing date for Valentine. At the end of the day it worked out. At the start KR-IIL were not able to accommodate extra crew needed for one return trip on Valentine. As a result they changed the service model for Valentine for initial few days to be a one way trip each day. KR-IIL said the initial service model was not very conducive for the business and not quite liked by the customers. KR-IIL said to ensure that they maintain service and provide resilience in Cook Strait freight market we need Valentine in service. Until KR-IIL work out a solution, the interim service schedule of Valentine from 5 January will require total of 8 Deck crew including Bosun and would also have anchorage in both Wellington and Picton to comply with work-rest hours schedule of all crew. Total crew complement will be 23 and all will be living in individual crew cabins. On completion of the modifications, this will add a total of four cabins to the mixture with which MUNZ will be seeking at least three of them, two for Deck and one for domestic. StraitNZ (Bluebridge Vessels) Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries has been sold by its Australian owner CPE Capital to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners. The sale of the 29-year-old passenger ferry and freight company was reportedly for over $500 million. Sydney based CPE Capital purchased Strait Shipping, the parent company of Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries, and Freight Lines from New Zealander Jim Barker, in 2017. CPE also purchased freight forwarding company Streamline, to create StraitNZ the same year. Investment bank Macquarie had also held a 25 per cent stake in StraitNZ since mid-2018, and will also sell its position to Morgan Stanley as part of the deal, it was reported. The company reportedly generates about $175 million in revenue per year and $45 million in underlying profit. Trainees We are still looking for keen and interested young people who would like to go onto our trainee database, but names are very slow to come in. I have asked many times at our stop work meetings, National Council, and through the branch newsletter, and still not having
much success. Therefore, please ask your family and friends if they would like to be considered to ship out as a trainee. If so please have them submit their CV to me so I can put their names into our database. Branch Secretaries around New Zealand, you can do the preliminary interview with the interested person, once you have done this simply email me through all their relevant documents, then I will touch base with the applicant. Offshore Update: Email to George Gakis (MUA) I recently emailed George Gakis at the West Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia with a heads up on our situation with regards to the offshore picking up here in New Zealand. I advised him manning agents are still going directly to MUNZ members and advising them of work in the WA offshore. MUNZ members know not to take anything, and I’m very proud of them for sending their emails directly to us to keep us posted of what these manning agents are doing to stealthily bypass the MUA. With all the projects coming on line on this side, we will be struggling to supply crews here, but we will assist in Australia in any way we can as they will be experiencing the same high demand. I gave George a firm commitment we will not be accepting any work that comes under MUA coverage. In addition to this, I received a phone call from NZOS in New Plymouth, requesting if we could supply seafarers to head over to work in the Oil and Gas industry in WA for a six-month contract, accommodation will all be paid for by the company. We will await further discussion with MUA on this issue. Oil and Gas Offshore in NZ At this stage, things are picking up at a great rate of knots. Atlas Professionals have been awarded the manning for the Southern Star, a dive support vessel which is scheduled to arrive in New Zealand in early March, to complete Phase 2 of the Tui Field decommissioning. We have supplied names from our database for this work. Phase two of the project is probably a 60–90-day campaign. Normand Tortuga is due to finish her campaign end Feb early March, then I believe she departs to Australian waters, then our members head back home to try and take up some of the slack here. Kingston have drained our resources, currently Kingston have MMA Vision (possibly here for a few years) and the Skandi Emerald for approx. 500-day contract.
Kingston are assisting MOVE Oceans relocate a small shallow draft vessel from Australia to NZ waters. MMA Vision Mermaid has just completed a two week drydock period in the port of Lyttleton due to a mechanical failure. She’s now all back up and running. Atlas Professionals in New Zealand, in co-operation with its Aberdeen office, were successful in securing the labour force scope of works for Valaris JU-249 Gorilla VII jack-up rig during its New Zealand-based operations after a competitive tender process. In the first half of 2021, one of Atlas’ valued global clients Valaris PLC, bagged a long-term drilling campaign in New Zealand with OMV New Zealand Ltd, another big name in Atlas Professionals’ New Zealand clientele. The contract is for the Valaris JU-249 (Gorilla VII), completing a 400-day campaign at the Maui Bravo platform off the Taranaki coast, commencing in December 2021 and expected to run through until January 2023. COVID challenges With New Zealand’s borders being closed to all foreign personnel and strict re-entry requirements even for New Zealand citizens – sending crews up to Dundee from New Zealand has had its fair share of challenges. The business undertook a formal risk assessment prior to sending crews overseas to ensure appropriate mitigation measures were in place. These included providing crews with COVID travel packs, pre-booking of door-to-door travel in Aberdeen, ensuring COVID arrival procedures and tests were in place in conjunction with the Aberdeen office amongst others. The biggest challenge, however, has been in securing reentry managed isolation quarantine spaces for the New Zealand-based crews. With only a single point application process, securing quarantine slots for crews has required staff monitoring the system every 30 seconds for months on end – an enormous task that Atlas handled efficiently not only for its own staff, but also for the client’s staff. Coastal Shipping Our members on the Tankers are holding on for dear life. Craig, Russell, Hector Thorpe and many others have been working hard with various Government agencies and politicians so they understand what the ramifications are for everybody associated with the tankers and New Zealand fuel security. There also a couple of interested shipping companies who maybe keen to start up in March but the proof in the pudding is when we see a bit of ink on the paper.
NIWA Vessels Congratulations to George McFetridge for gaining employment with NIWA. New MUNZ membership cards A lot of our members should either have received their new cards or will now be receiving them sometime early in the new year. If you haven’t got your new card by end of March 2022, then Wellington members please contact me with your details, and I’ll pass them on to Tai or Mariah at National Office. Wellington Database Offshore has picked up leaving our database pretty much empty. Wellington MUNZ Family Picnic Day Aotea Lagoon Due to the Omicron variant being the dominant COVID strain, it’s now possible that it will be spreading throughout the community. Therefore being a responsible host, the Wellington Branch Executive voted to postpone the MUNZ Family Picnic Day that was to be held on 12 February 2022. It was agreed by the Executive we will reassess things in a few months’ time to get a gauge on when it would be a suitable time to go ahead with the event. Wellington Branch Stop Work Meetings The next Stop Work Meeting is 10am Monday 14 March 2022, to be held at the National Office Conference room, first floor of Waterside House. Please wear your mask and QR scan entering the building. The Maritime Worker Newsletter
Stevedoring company broke union access law Australian-owned stevedoring company ISO was breaking the law when it tried to prevent Maritime Union representatives access to its Whangarei workplace at Northport. In a December 2021 finding, the Employment Relations Authority ordered ISO to comply with access provisions under the Employment Relations Act (2000). ISO has been ordered to pay a penalty of $15,000, of which $5,000 goes to the Crown and $10,000 to the Maritime Union. National Secretary Craig Harrison says a strong message has been sent to employers who try to undermine the right of workers to meet with union reps on the job. Craig says the issue at Northport arose when ISO blocked access to MUNZ representatives on the basis of COVID-19 regulations. The Employment Relations Authority did not agree with ISO’s interpretation of the law. Craig says the determination was crystal clear there had been an ongoing breach of the employer’s obligations to allow access. The Employment Relations Authority determination states “It is important to deter employers from readily concluding that access rights can be denied with little consideration of reasonable restrictions which would allow access.” ISO has regularly been in the news around issues of worker wellbeing and safety.
Wage rounds current
A MUNZ member who took a case against ISO, over the availability clause he was offered in an employment agreement. On 3 November 2021, the Employment Court ruled the availability clause ISO had offered the employee was not compliant with the Employment Relations Act (2000).
Kiwirail – September (Ratified) SGS Wellington – October (Ratified) SGS Nelson – February (initiated bargaining) Higgins Tow Service Picton (2 March)
And in another health and safety case, ISO was sentenced in the Gisborne District Court in February 2021 after being convicted of exposing an individual to risk of harm or illness.
Please keep your emails, articles and pictures rolling in, they will be published in the next edition of the Wellington Branch Maritime Worker, space permitting.
Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp, 29, an ISO employee at Eastland Port in Gisborne, died from crush injuries after she was hit by a log that fell from a trailer load she was about to scan on 8 October 2018.
Assistant Branch Secretary’s Report By Fiona Mansell, Assistant Branch Secretary Port Round Up Happy New Year All! We are off to a cracker of a start to 2022 with a couple of prominent issues going on around the country with Coastal Shipping and the Save the Tankers Campaign. There is a lot of articles worth reading regarding this, and MUNZ have also published flyers which will be distributed all around. If you are not following Maritime Union, go onto either the website munz.org.nz or our Facebook page and keep up to date with all that is happening locally and nationally, or even better come along to the next Stop Work Meeting on Monday 14 March. Higgins Tug-Ops Back in November 2021 we were approached by a TugOps driver to join our union due to some of the drivers experiencing basic employment issues. These drivers are having to deal with problems such as cancelled shifts at short notice, constant changes to their rosters sometimes 3-4 times in a week, pay sheets incomplete or not filled in correctly, bullying and in some cases not even having an employment agreement. We have seven of them signed up to MUNZ now, one driver based in Wellington and six in Picton. Jimmy and our lawyer Ben have spent the last seven or so weeks writing up a greenfields document as the last CEA we had with Higgins was back in 2009. I have initiated bargaining and the first date for wage rounds is set for 1 March. More to come on this, watch this space. Centerport An accident occurred on the vessel Northern Guild where a lasher slipped while stepping down from a hatch onto the walkway and broke his ankle. He has had to have an operation and will need two plates in his ankle. C3 Wellington Since starting in this job I would have to say that I have visited this site more than any other so far due to the
number of meetings and disciplinaries I have had to deal with there, it is an interesting journey with this company so far. On another note, we have a couple new members recently join our union. SGS Nelson I initiated bargaining just before the New Year and I am now waiting for the company to get back to me on when we can meet for the first round of negotiations. Since we are in Red and are in different areas of the country, we will do this via Teams/Zoom video meetings. StraitNZ Bluebridge Wellington Terminal We have five new members based at the terminal, a total of seven. This is a first in our union to have two or more members from Wellington Terminal. As a result, we have had discussions with Will Dady regarding a CEA document for our new members there. Since Picton Terminal had recently ratified theirs, we thought it best to add Wellington in with Picton which Will was happy to organise. This process is almost complete, we will just need to add a new coverage clause for a position not yet covered, then both parties will be ready to sign the agreement. Process for Signing up Members For the past three years we have been working on changing the way we sign up new members. The process we use is quicker and easier now. Rather than delegates send forms in the snail mail/post to National Office or Local Branches it is easier and quicker for delegates to scan and email to the employees’ payroll and Mariah Habib at National Office to process immediately. Alternatively delegates can take a clear picture of the signed form and send it through that way. Another way is by emailing the form online to the new member, which they send back to us, then we process it. The point I am making here is that the old way of processing members can take way too long and many times members are not properly signed up because the forms either don’t reach their destination – or by the time the members’ form has been processed they have well and truly left. I have seen this happen several times recently especially where I have supported/represented someone only to discover they are not financial members however they are adamant they signed up to be a member of this union.
Staying Connected It is extremely important that as a membership we stay connected with each other whether that is checking in, listening, asking for help, more specifically when it comes to support and representation with employment issues. However, for us to assist each other we first need to know what the issues are BEFORE things get out of hand. In my experience lately there have been a couple of instances where our members have gone through an investigation/disciplinary process sometimes more than once or stood down without union support/ representation (their choice). It is only when the process is all over by dismissal or resignation do we hear about the situation. This makes representing our members exceedingly difficult or impossible. New Membership Update KR-Interislander: 13 new members C3 Wellington: 3 new members SSNZ Bluebridge Terminal Wellington: 5 new members SSNZ Bluebridge Vessels: 3 new members Higgins: 7 new members Total New Members: 31
Updates Obituaries Bob Morete, Retired Wharfie (Wellington) Alec McDonald, Retired Seafarer (Wellington) In Brief Congratulations to Hemi Marshland-Taylor trainee AB StraitNZ Feronia (Bluebridge) for passing his DWR test.
Branch President’s Report By Tony Mowbray, Branch President Members, as those on the ferries would be aware we entered into the wage round with claims that were realistic. Yet again most were rejected by the company and with no prospect of movement at the table the Terms of Settlement (TOS) came down to the vessels. These weren’t endorsed by the committee, allowing the feeling of the membership to be conveyed. There were some enticing offers, but the members collectively saw what was important to us was not included, and it was rejected 100%. The non-inclusion for some type of Service Allowance was again a big issue as all can see that members who aren’t “grandfathered” or in certain positions receive nothing yet an officer/engineer who completes 9 years receives a five figure allowance. A fraction of this was what the annual claim was for with it to be included in the CEA, not just a payment being at the discretion of management of the day. It is fair to assume the members spoke with their vote. We have been told that members would be rewarded by the company as they see fit, not only does this cause division it opens the potential for personalities to decide if “one is worthy”. We managed to pick up the allowance for this term of the CEA and to keep the claim alive, not ideal but with the % increase and other gains common sense prevailed for the best result in more than ten years with nothing being lost or given away. It is only recently one of our long-time members retired after being in the Aratere since it entered service and he was instrumental in bettering the conditions from day one yet didn’t receive one cent for 23 years’ service in that one ship, he is not alone. The amended Terms of Settlement was endorsed by the wage committee and was overwhelmingly accepted by the membership. I’d like to thank the entire wage committee for all their time, along with each and every member for standing up for what they believe in. Collectively organised labour is the foundation block for fairness in any work force and for maintaining and improving conditions for our younger generations.
Retirement: Byron Pierce has been a very loyal member of this union for the past 49 years. Farewell to you our true friend. Byron was as delegate on the Kaitaki for many years, but his history goes back way to when he was a Seagoing Councillor (Executive member). Left to right, Sarah Chapman, Fee Mansell, Mick Williams, Paul Baggott, Byron Pierce, Tony Mowbray, William Brockway, Marian Leslie, Jim King, Les Taylor, Kenny Walsh, Makere Taurima
Glen Lillie, Alan Greer and some of the Ukrainian delivery crew MV Valentine
ABs Issac Clark and William Brockway on Valentine
Glenn Wyllie, Bosun Aratere and MUNZ member Barry Millington
Mystery Man
The ‘Waimate’ and the Fijian Seamen’s and Dockworkers’ strike of 1971 By Larry Stills AB Kaiarahi MUNZ 1572 I joined the Union Steamship company island trader Waimate on 6 April 1971 as an AB from the corner in Auckland. She was crewed by an Auckland crowd of seamen and stewards. We were bound for a beautiful trip around the islands.Firstly, Fiji (Lautoka and Suva), then Samoa (Apia and Pago Pago) and Tonga (Nukualofa). Fully laden, we sailed in early April and after 5–6 days arrived in Lautoka. The Fiji Dockworkers’ and Seamens’ Union reps came on board and told us they were on strike. It was a pay dispute, the dockers were paid $5 a week and wanted an increase to $7 a week. The Fiji Times quotes a statement from the Fijian Prime Minister at the time, Ratu Sir Kamasese Mara, that “such a pay rise would bankrupt the Fiji economy.”
To put that amount in some perspective our normal sub by the company was $40 Fiji, $20(Tala) Samoa and $10 Tonga and we disposed of that easily over 3–4 nights in Fiji, two in Samoa and one in Tonga, and all we had to show for it was a sore head. The Fijian Dockers had to support a family for a whole week for $5. After the dockers spoke with us, the Captain Griffith Tedd called the delegates Peter Green and Mick Brown (Kiwi) to the bridge. He informed them the orders from the company were that we set sail for Samoa, where the Samoans would discharge the Fiji cargo, then their own, then reload the Fijian cargo and we would return to Fiji. Hopefully, the strike would be over. We had a meeting and replied “No!” No one will touch that Fijian cargo whilst they were on strike. We will stay in Lautoka to support our Fijian brothers in their fair and earnest trade union struggle for a better standard of living. So we refused to sail but continued to work on general ships maintenance. The delegates had phoned our Union President at the time, Pincher Martin, and our actions were sanctioned. Resolutely the Fijian dockers stuck with their strike for 26 days. In the last few days Pincher arrived in Lautoka with Taniela Vietata, the Dockworkers’ President. Pincher arrived in Fiji with money to assist the dockers in their struggle. He had it taped to his body as the bank systems were difficult at the time. He had done the rounds of the ships crews in Wellington harbour collecting what money he could and in 1971 that would
have been numerous ships – ferries, tankers, tugs, cement ships, colliers, coasters and union company ships. Anywhere that a fellow unionist would put their hands in their pocket to support fellow workers in need. We were well taken care of by the Fijian dockers. We had run out of money and the company wouldn’t sub us anymore. So we drank Kava with the dockers and went diving out on the coral reefs when they would go out fishing to get themselves a feed. We traded a tin of paint to hire a couple of canoes to get to this island for a BBQ. Someone caught a little black and white sea snake and we put it in a bag with our stuff. During the night it escaped and we found out later it was a deadly poisonous. Luckily it didn’t decide to bite one of us! There were many things that happened during this dispute and I can’t mention them all but one thing occurred later on in the dispute that is worth mentioning. The company ordered us to take the ship to anchor. We refused, and the harbour master entered the fray. He demanded and threatened that his men would assist the officers to take the Waimate out to anchor. The dockers were extremely upset as they were losing their visual support, the Waimate tied up to the wharf. The harbour workers came aboard and we harassed them verbally but not physically and the Captain assured us he would not sail away. Thus, we were anchored about 3 miles out within the reef and the company provided a blue boat so we could still go ashore. We had no money but we went ashore to spend time with the dockers. Actually sending us out to anchor turned into a major boost for the dockers because all of this was to bring another foreign vessel into port. She came in the yard, the derrick swung out, and a box was swung out by the ship’s crew who proceeded to lower it to the wharf. A hundred odd dockers came screaming and yelling around the wharf shed. Well, that box went up faster than it came down, it swung inboard and she sailed. This was almost one movement, it happened that fast. In mentioning how good the dockers were to us, one night some of us missed the last boat back to the ship. A young docker Sione rowed us all the way back to the ship, quite a mission in a little dingy, and no life jackets when I think about it. We came back alongside soon after all of this and stayed until this dispute was over and the dockers discharged their cargo. They made some gains but not earning their rightful increase which was a shame as they fought a courageous fight.
At the end of this dispute we sailed to Suva, and Pincher and our delegates attended a ceremony with Taniela Vietata. Pincher was presented with a Whale’s tooth this is a highly esteemed award for outstanding deeds gifted by a paramount chief to our union. The Mana from the Waimate was so great that when we arrived back in Auckland they tied us up at the Viaduct and paid us all off (she was never to return to Fiji). I returned on the next ship to replace her, the Waimea. To clarify this Mana in Lautoka, we would be walking along the road and Fijians would call out to us “Waimate, Waimate”. The ship and the union that assisted their struggle were remembered even though she never returned.
Crew List MV Waimate Sailed Auckland 8 April 1971 Paid off Auck. 3 June 1971 AB Peter Green, Delegate (Union number 95) AB Michael Brown (“Kiwi”), Co-delegate (1035) SH Michael Fitzgerald (“Magpie”) (911) AB Terrence Hill (1776) Bosun Dougy Carter (1140) OS Wayne Hunter (2096) DB Lee Whitaker (2375) AB Thomas Mason (524) Messman Bernie Pope (540) AB Dave Caton (2074) AB Stanley Ross (1903) AB Larry Stills (276) M/A Kenneth Spencer (535) M/A Sidney Haigh (708) M/A Boris Sclichtinger (“Boleslaw”) (832) M/A Edward Fagan (1872)
This article originally appeared in the Maritimes magazine, Autumn 2013, and is now updated to include full list of members aboard.
New Zealand coastal shipping answer to supply chain problems By Craig Harrison National Secretary The ongoing shipping and supply chain crisis needs a clear plan and immediate action. We see daily reports about supply chain congestion. Covid-19 was the trigger that exposed the underlying weakness of the global supply chain. New Zealand’s overreliance on global shipping has placed us in a difficult position. We have heard a lot about these problems. The global forces driving the situation are not going away. What New Zealand can do is adapt and modify our approach to shipping. We’re in a transition between two approaches to the supply chain. For the past 30 plus years, the prevailing mindset was the market would provide, there was no role for planning, and there was no need for New Zealand shipping. This idea has been revealed as a bad mistake. Where to now? Industry players admit there is a significant problem. Recent Government reports confirm what the issues are, but only discuss underwriting, not significant investment. The global outlook for supply chain performance will not improve in the short to medium term. Ships are being delayed around the world, and when they get to New Zealand, they are already behind on their sailing schedule. New Zealand ports need to ensure that ships are serviced on time. Until the problems are resolved at the Ports of Auckland, and it returns to the throughput achieved prior to the automation project, local congestion will continue to impact on the New Zealand freight movement. Issues around the availability of labour are certain. But there are solutions like rostering and employment security. These would reduce staff turnover and encourage workers to see a career rather than an unattractive and exhausting future of irregular hours and in some cases poor pay and conditions. Workers can no longer be seen as a cost to be reduced but as an investment in success.
Export cargo needs to be in front of the major shipping lines at major ports so there is no requirement for big ships to transit around New Zealand. A New Zealandflagged coastal shipping service would move the volumes needed around the country in a timely manner. There is now no guarantee that foreign vessels will even stop at a scheduled port. An effective New Zealand coastal shipping service needs to be supported by New Zealand ports, and in return ensure consistent berth times and supply of port services. Congestion is the underlying issue with ports as freight needs to move both on and off a port in a timely manner. If it is delayed or in some cases not even picked up or dropped off by shipping companies, this adds to the problem. A coastal service utilising three to four ships and given regular berth space in ports would help smooth out supply chain congestion. Ports could also better plan when freight would be moved through the port and have confidence it would happen. Maybe the solution is a consortium of New Zealand ports and freight operators developing a joint venture, which answers the needs of all players. In a small market like New Zealand, we have the ability to move quickly and find innovative solutions. Ports could coordinate a shipping service that meets their own needs and provide options to customers who have recently seen their options evaporating. Port companies around the country develop off-port container storage and trucking facilities, and ports have worked with rail developing fixed daily services between Tauranga and Auckland. Some ports are involved in joint ventures such as tug operations and at times procurement ventures. KiwiRail could be a possible partner with its shipping operation, as it has the capacity, with direction and support from the Government. Everyone knows we have a problem, and all say coastal shipping is one of the answers, but unfortunately no clear, systemic solution has been developed. The Government needs to take the lead and facilitate discussions between ports and freight operators to get New Zealand coastal shipping back in play. We need a national ports strategy that links in with a coastal shipping strategy, and we need to get this up and running now.
SAVE OUR TANKERS Protect NZ fuel security
Wellington Branch Contacts
MT Kokako
Mail address: PO Box 286, Wellington 6140 Physical address: Shed 21, 28 Waterloo Quay, Unit 1.05, Wellington 6140 Branch website: https://munzwellington.nz/ Jim King (Secretary/Treasurer) DDI: 04 3859 288 Mobile: 020 4836262 Email: jim.king@munz.org.nz Fiona Mansell (Assistant Secretary) DDI: 04 801 7619 Mobile: 021 573244 Email: fiona.mansell@munz.org.nz Tony Mowbray (President/Coastal Shipping Campaign) Mobile: 027 636561 Email: tonymowbray.munz@gmail.com Marian Lesslie (Vice President) Mobile 027 458 3823 Email: mazza1901@windowslive.com Lynette Payne (Executive) Mobile: 027 355 9080 Email: awaywiththeferries@hotmail.com Paul Baggott (Executive) Mobile: 027 688 8002 Email: paulsown@hotmail.com
New Zealand’s fuel security is under threat. Following the decision to close Marsden Point refinery, petrol companies want to import refined fuel to our ports with overseas shipping. This means the two coastal tankers on the New Zealand coast MT Kokako and MT Matuku will be removed from service. New Zealand will then be completely reliant on overseas shipping to supply our fuel – with no backup. Maritime workers are campaigning to keep our New Zealand crewed coastal tankers in action to protect our fuel security. We want the petrol companies to put fuel security for New Zealand first, not corporate profit. New Zealand tankers can move fuel internationally to New Zealand ports. This would provide fuel security and a dedicated, safe and skilled New Zealand workforce going into the future.
www.fuelsecurity.nz Authorized by Craig Harrison, Maritime Union of New Zealand, 220 Willis Street, Wellington
Mick Williams (Coastal Shipping Campaign) Mobile: 022 309 8959 Email: mick.williams@munz.org.nz Bradley Clifford (Ports – Executive) Mobile: 021 176 5928 Email: bradleyclifford@msn.com Jason Penny (Ports – Executive) Mobile: 021 537 287 Email: jaypndawhare@gmail.com Les Taylor (Executive) Mobile: 021 084 58585 Email: taylorles2719@gmail.com Makere Taurima (Executive) Mobile: 02 203 41466 Email: m.taurima@hotmail.com Kenny Walsh (Executive) Mobile: 027 481 0812 Email: kennywalsh007@gmail.com Sarah Chapman (Executive) Mobile: 027 300 7797 Email: sarahlouisechap10@gmail.com William Brockway (Youth Representative) Mobile: 027 280 9262 Email: williaminscotland@gmail.com
National Office Contacts Telephone: 04 3850 792 Mail Address: PO Box 27004, Wellington Physical address: Level One, Waterside House, 220 Willis Street, Wellington Website www.munz.org.nz National Secretary: Craig Harrison Mobile: 027 4225238 Email: craig.harrison@munz.org.nz National President: Carl Findlay Mobile: 021 760887 Email: carl.findlay@munz.org.nz National Vice President: Josh Greer Mobile: 027 348 2692 Email: local10munz@xtra.co.nz Assistant National Secretary: Ray Fife Mobile: 0274 475317 Email: ray.fife@munz.org.nz
Authorized by Craig Harrison, 220 Willis Street, Wellington