Taranaki exporters will benefit from changes to Maersk Line's container shipping schedules in New Zealand, which will come into effect from August 1.
Port Taranaki is part of the line's Southern Star Express service, which operates to a rotation by which it calls at a total of nine ports in Australia and New Zealand.
But now two major New Zealand ports - Lyttelton and Port Chalmers - are to be dropped from the service, which means the rotation through this country will include stops at Auckland, Wellington, Nelson and Port Taranaki.
Port Taranaki chief executive Roy Weaver said that would benefit Taranaki exporters because it would provide more cargo space on the Maersk ships.
"There's been a New Zealand- wide shortage of container slots, and we think this may result in as much as a 25 per cent capacity increase on the shops visiting our port," he said.
Also to be changed is Maersk Line's NZ1 service. The company will replace the present four Dabou- class vessels with nine 2900-class vessels, increasing cargo capacity.
The service does not call at Port Taranaki.
Port Taranaki is part of the line's Southern Star Express service, which operates to a rotation by which it calls at a total of nine ports in Australia and New Zealand.
But now two major New Zealand ports - Lyttelton and Port Chalmers - are to be dropped from the service, which means the rotation through this country will include stops at Auckland, Wellington, Nelson and Port Taranaki.
Port Taranaki chief executive Roy Weaver said that would benefit Taranaki exporters because it would provide more cargo space on the Maersk ships.
"There's been a New Zealand- wide shortage of container slots, and we think this may result in as much as a 25 per cent capacity increase on the shops visiting our port," he said.
Also to be changed is Maersk Line's NZ1 service. The company will replace the present four Dabou- class vessels with nine 2900-class vessels, increasing cargo capacity.
The service does not call at Port Taranaki.
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