Thursday 24th February 2011 |
Text too small? |
State-owned Cook Strait ferry operator the InterIslander is delaying the refit of its Aratere ferry so it can maintain freight capacity after the Christchurch earthquake.
The ferry was to be in Singapore in mid-March for a nose job and lengthening.
"Our experience after the earlier earthquake last September was that a lot of extra freight and passengers needed to move across Cook Strait for sometime afterwards," Interislander general manager Thomas Davis.
"It would be the wrong thing to reduce capacity to carry people and freight across Cook Strait at this time," he said.
The Aratere will stay in service until Easter and the company will explore options to ensure capacity is maintained.
NZPA
No comments yet
EROAD FY24 Results and Webinar Details
thl reduces FY24 NPAT guidance
May 6th Morning Report
Spark New Zealand appoints new director to the Spark Board
AFT to announce full year results on May 23 2024
CRP - Korella North Takes Another Two Steps Forward
May 3rd Morning Report
ASB workers to strike as bank proposes an effective pay cut
Rising tides, sinking stocks: study explores cost of climate change
May 2nd Morning Report