The Maritime Union says a port worker’s positive test for Covid-19 has highlighted the need to limit the number of international ports in New Zealand. A port worker who tested positive for the virus on Saturday is being treated as the country's latest case of community transmission. Union national secretary Joe Fleetwood says there should be two import ports in the North Island and two in the South, which would reduce the risk of international ships carrying domestic freight around the entire country. ''It means that every single one of our ports is an international border point and it puts our members and the public at risk. '’Fleetwood said other countries ran a small number of international ports as hubs for their protected domestic sea freight.

Source: Stuff October 18, 2020 02:15 UTC