Auckland port congestion: Second big ship at Northport with containers
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The container ship Tanjin Bridge berthed at Northport yesterday morning, with its 919 containers due to start heading to Auckland along SH1 on Tuesday. Photo / Supplied
The container ship Tanjin Bridge berthed at Northport yesterday morning, with its 919 containers due to start heading to Auckland along SH1 on Tuesday. Photo / Supplied
Mike Dinsdale is Northern Advocate deputy editormike.dinsdale@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
More than 900 containers with goods destined for Auckland have started to be unloaded at Northport after the arrival of the container ship Tanjin Bridge.
Safety checks restart in Northland on container trucks going to Auckland
14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The driver of a truck with a leak in its air hose being spoken to by police at the Uretiti checkpoint. Photo / Michael Cunningham
The driver of a truck with a leak in its air hose being spoken to by police at the Uretiti checkpoint. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Police will continue a crackdown on the safety of trucks carrying containers from Northport to Auckland with a second container ship due at Marsden Pt port today.
Police crackdown on Auckland-bound trucks carrying containers
16 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM
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This truck has been loaded and is ready to leave Northport bound for Auckland.
Photo / Tania Whyte
This truck has been loaded and is ready to leave Northport bound for Auckland.
Photo / Tania Whyte
Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat Serious faults that forced 11 trucks off the road while transporting containers from Northport to Auckland - including bald tyres and inadequate braking - is a major risk to road users and truckies must ensure their vehicles were safe, police say.
Police will continue to check for defective trucks carrying containers from Northport, at Marsden Pt, after almost one in five failed safety checks in the first three days of the operation.
Auckland port logjam: Truckies try to bypass Northland police checkpoint
11 Dec, 2020 03:21 AM
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Containers leaving Northport heading south on State Highway 1 for Auckland
Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Police are warning trucking companies contracted to transport shipping containers from Northport to Auckland to ensure their vehicles meet safety standards or else they ll be written off the road.
The warning follows about half a dozen truck-and-trailer units being written off after failing the standards expected of the police commercial vehicle safety team at a checkpoint on Uretiti along State Highway 1, south of Whangārei, today.