NIWA_Tangaroa
Benefits of shipping:
Resilience for natural disasters or emergencies.
NIWA_Kaharoa
Ships carry hazardous / dangerous cargo more safely than road, rail and air.
Moana_Chief_with_tugs
15% of New Zealand's inter-regional freight is carried by sea
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Ships can handle oversized, heavy and bulky cargo that road, rail and air can't.
Matuku_2016
Freight volumes are forecast to increase 50% by 2040.
It won't all fit onto our roads!
Kokako_2017_leaving_Korean_shipyard
New Zealand’s total freight task: 278.7 million tonnes.
Coastal shipping carries approx 10 million tonnes (3.5%).
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1.15m people are transported across the Cook Strait every year
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The volume of domestic freight moved by shipping has increased 50% over the last 10 years.
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Approx $28 billion road and rail freight is shipped between the North and South Islands each year
Holcim_Buffalo_2020
1 standard container Auckland to Christchurch:
road: $2200-$3000
rail: $1300 - $1900
ship: $850 - $1300
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418,470 containers are moved around the NZ coast per annum
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Shipping: one-eighth the emissions of road per tonne of freight moved
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Benefits of shipping:
Lower emissions per tonne of freight moved.
BlueBridge_Straitsman_2019_1
Increasing total freight carried by ship by just 2% would reduce total transport emissions by 16%.
Anatoki_2016_at_Whanganui_Bar
Benefits of shipping:
Greater control over our domestic supply chains.
Anatoki_2016_03_15_Loading_Fuel_for_Chatham_Island
Shipping: 60% the emissions of rail per tonne of freight moved
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