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NZ Biofouling Regulatory updates

New Zealand has introduced tougher Biofouling requirements (as at 01st May 2018), for all vessels entering NZ Waters There are two...

Quadrant awarded LR certificate to supply marine lifesaving appliances

Congratulations to Marine Safety Equipment Services, a division of Quadrant Pacific Ltd (QPL) for attaining Lloyd’s Register’s (LR)...

Measures to manage the risk of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)

October 2017 The Ministry for Primary Industries has the following measures to manage the risk of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)...

MV Aotearoa Chief

The China Navigation Company (CNCo), the deep sea ship owning and operating arm of the multi-national Swire Group, are proud to introduce...

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug update from MPI

BMSB Border Interventions- up and coming 2016 -17 season NOTIFICATION From mid-September 2016- April 2017, MPI will increase targeted...

Navy learning from Merchant professionals

Early this year the China Navigation Company (CNCo) agreed to host the Royal New Zealand Navy (Reserve) in their merchant vessels, for...

Change to entry rule for exporting to China – 1 October 2016

A change to the Customs Export Entry Rules (1997) will come into effect from 1 October 2016. Where tariff preference is being requested...

SOLAS - 01st July 2016 Implementation

The introduction of the requirement for declaring the VGM is being mandated by the International Maritime Organisation who in turn are...

Eastland Port smashes previous export record

More than 2.3 million tonnes – mostly raw logs – was exported from Eastland Port during the past 12 months, a record that smashes the...

MPI imposes tough restrictions on imported seed

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has imposed tough new border restrictions to stop contaminated seed from entering New Zealand. ...

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