September 2023 articles

The freight and supply chain system faces substantial changes over the coming years but a new strategy sets out goals and focus areas for the next three, 10 and 30 years.

The workforce shortage of around 4,700 employees in New Zealand’s logistics and freight sectors is expected to widen to about 17,900 people by 2028 (a nearly 290 per cent increase), according to a report conducted on behalf of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council Hanga-Aro-Rau (WDC).

Cardinal, the country’s largest privately-owned third-party logistics (3PL) company, has announced it is developing New Zealand’s first-ever fully automated 3PL warehouse in Drury, near Auckland.

Rail travel will not succeed without government support, but it will also not succeed without a strong private sector, Dr Duncan Connors says.

The Future Is Rail Conference’s aim was to provide an opportunity to develop a shared vision of the contribution that a rebuilding of inter-regional and long-distance passenger rail services would make to creating a more sustainable future through reducing carbon emissions and increasing mobility choices for New Zealanders, especially those living regionally. Its high-level purpose was to be a day of big ideas on passenger rail and how New Zealand could turn them into reality.

The Government policy statement (GPS) is a statutorily-required document that sets the government’s revenue for the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) – i.e., fuel excise duty, RUC – and details what that revenue is to be spent on, at a high level, by using “activity classes”.

This article provides a (selective) summary of the key features and findings of the NZ Domestic Transport Costs and Charges (DTCC) study, which was completed earlier this year. The study was undertaken for Te Manatu Waka Ministry of Transport (MoT) by a consultant consortium led by Ian Wallis Associates Ltd and peer-reviewed by an international team supported by expert staff from New Zealand government agencies.

Promotional calendars have become a go-to marketing strategy for many transport and logistics companies in New Zealand. According to Steve Walmsley, CEO of Easy2C calendar company, these calendars have emerged as a versatile and effective means of engaging customers and fostering brand loyalty.

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