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Ports of Auckland - Source: NZPA / Mike Millet -
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The Ports of Auckland has a new extended international shipping service, a union has announced.
An expanded service operated by global shipping lines OOCL and CMA CGM has been announced as part of its ANZEX service covering the New Zealand and Far East markets, that will boost shipping calls in Auckland.
Maritime Union National President Garry Parsloe says the decision is a vote of confidence in the port.
Parsloe says the Ports of Auckland management had been mute on the positive development.
"Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson's bad news media machine has spent the last month bagging his own port, criticizing the workforce, saying its productivity is no good, praising up his competition and going out to bat for Maersk. But when they get some good news, they go all quiet. It's like they want to promote all the negative stuff and ignore the successes."
Parsloe says the extended shipping service is a great boost for the Ports of Auckland and proved that the port had an excellent future.
Parsloe says he hopes that management would now concentrate on a successful conclusion to current employment negotiations rather than promoting non-issues.
Ports of Auckland received a fourth strike notice from the Maritime Union last week.
Gibson said the union ended mediation talks by serving a
surprise new 48-hour strike notice for Friday December 30 to Sunday
January 1.
He repeated his call for the union to withdraw the two 24-hour
Christmas strikes it is planning for December 22 to 25.
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