Earlier this week Mainfreight managing director Don Braid said shipping lines had been “profiteering” from the chaos caused by Covid-19 with skyrocketing rates. “New Zealand is dependent on global shipping lines whose interests are not the same as New Zealand’s,” he said. “The only people benefiting from the current chaos are global shipping companies,” he said. Peter Meecham/Stuff A national ports strategy designed to serve national requirements rather than ongoing parochial competition between ports is needed, says the Maritime Union’s Craig Harrison. Wood had also asked the ministry to begin work on a national freight and supply chain strategy with supply chain resilience as a key objective.

Source: Stuff June 11, 2021 22:52 UTC