PORTAL DECEMBER 2011 WWishing youaMerryChristmas T esbif 24 26 25 22 All thingsbrightandnautical The buzzfromthevillage 18 20 VTT newsbrief 16 Containers everywhere Underwater toolsofthetrade 11 14 Specialist seismicship 13 terrificfortag 6 10 Move ofthemega-module Another heavyliftfortheport Ship nostalgia 8 Shipping newsbriefs 3 4 Discovery, demolitonand drainage+ and places Improving thelotofportpeople Valuable newcoalcustomer Port’s newgantry Upfront 2 inside ffrom everyoneatPortTaranaki 2 r i PORTAL o s m h i

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survey vesselsurvey ever toworkinNewZealand during November was thelargest seismic Our third new, andalsounusual,caller PORTAL). the BassStrait (more aboutthislaterin platform andready itforthejourney to of November forfi at the end vessel, Jascon25wasinport engineering companies. The heavylift competition from Australian andAsian Yolla Platform–woninthefaceofstiff Engineering forcompletionofthe$35million cargo toload.Congratulations to Fitzroy very unusualshipwithavery unusual We alsowelcomed duringNovember a Bathurst onpagesfourandfi Taranaki,Port (you canread more about director, GerryCooper, andtheirteam to Max Brunsdon;SouthIslandoperations Hamish Bohannan;marketingmanager, Taranaki. We welcome managingdirector, steel manufacture) from toPort Westport fi 2011 Bathurstcoastallytrans-shipped the Island’s West Coast.Onthe27thNovember, listed companywithcoalminesontheSouth Limited are anAustralian Stock Exchange dry cargo category. BathurstResources Taranakinew customertoPort inthebulk In thisedition,we alsosaywelcome toa our customermagazine. heading??? Welcome totheDecemberissueofPORTAL, upfront rst loadofhighqualitycokingcoal(for ve daystopickupthe ve). you aMerry Christmasandprosperous 2012. From allofushereTaranaki, atPort we wish intheyears thatlayahead. further standard oflivingallNewZealander’s a strong pioneeringspirittohelpliftthe Taranaki iswell placedwithresources and company, thiscountryandglobally, however, It hasbeenachallengingyear forthis ofourendeavours during2011. support I passonmythankstoyou allforyour Finally, asanotheryear draws toaclose, previous years. very welcome turnaround inoutlookfrom offshore fi recent developments inbothonshore and over NewtonKing Tanker Terminal as volumesfuture ofpetrochemical export There are alsopositive signsforthe solid growth. are allcontributingto coal forexport, alongwithlogsandnow and fertilisers, continue togrow. animalfeeds Imported continues apaceasbulkcargo volumes area The reshaping ofourinnerport off Taranaki andOtago,Southland. priortoheadingoutforseveral port surveys waters. at The Polarcus Alimawasberthed elds produce results. This isa Chief Executive PORTAL 3 ■

t. manner. Productivity of the log unloading Productivity manner. improving increased, greatly has operation at the port.log truck turn around Reduced loader heads and tear on both the log wear equipment will be an and truck and trailer additional benefi “With the current and likely growth in the log and likely growth the current “With this is a great exportTaranaki, at Port trade in the port infrastructure.” improvement cient

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rst trailer. trailer. rst port’s new gantry Early November saw ’s new saw PortTaranaki’s Early November and the lift of its gantry commissioned trailer fi “The benefi Wylie, says Graeme recognised,” been well manager. C3 operations being “The is now loading operation trailer effi carried out in a much safer and more 4 PORTAL at thesametime,improving theworking storage andoperational landand, port programme ofincreasing availability of ofouron-going affected staff–allpart Basinandtherelocation of of someoldworkshopbuildingsatthe available becauseoftherecent demolition newlyleasedlandonlybecame “The manufacturers. ofcoaldestined for Asiansteel port arrangement forthestorage atthis Limited hasentered intoaleasing Australian companyBathurstResources “Port Taranaki pleasedthat isvery the port’s revenue streams. signifi says thisnewbusinessrepresents another TaranakiPort chiefexecutive, Roy Weaver, of 2012. likely sometimeduringthefi shipment fromTaranaki Port toAsiais high qualitycokingcoal. The fi to collectthesecondshipmentof while theAnatokireturned to Westport coal wasdischarged andstored offport, coal aboard onthe27thNovember. The Taranakiat Port withabout700tonnesof The general cargo ship, Anatoki,arrived Westport toNewPlymouth. destined forthesteelmillsofAsia,from coastal shipmentofpremium cokingcoal, new customerwiththearrival ofthefi Port Taranaki hassecured asignifi valuable newcoalcustomer cant stepinthediversifi rst quarter cation of rst export cant rst the port. (from tradeWestport) for andanexport bulk category. Itis also bothanimport additionalproduct tothedry important withthelatest,coal,beingan the port bulk cargoes beinghandledthrough “Now there are several substantialdry King Tanker Terminal. throughand were theNewton exported undergroundto theport through pipelines products andpetrochemicals, whichcame Taranaki’sthe Port trade waspetroleum Ten years ago,more than90percent of the attractiveness oftheventure. open-cast, notunderground, enhancing ideal forsteelmaking.Itisbeingmined relatively clean(lower sulphur, low ash), markets. Bathurstcoalishighvalue and constant, somethingrequired by overseas ensure itsmoisture contentremains The coalisbeingstored undercover to for thefuture.” about 60,000tonnes,isthere forBathurst of about35,000tonnes,ortoPanamax, option togofull‘Handysized’ vessels, hatches beingusedpershipment. The Handy sized bulker, withoneortwo tonne increments, ahatchloadfor phase one,theshipmentswillbein5,000 house upto10,000tonnesofcoal.During is theerection oftwostorage shedsto fi “The staff.environment forport rst stage of this new port project rst stageofthisnewport and India. tonichemarketssuchasChina exporting of highqualitycokingandthermalcoal, and isfocusedonbecomingaproducer capitalisation ofmore than$A500million, hasamarket Exchange, Australian andthe SecuritiesExchange Bathurst Resources islistedonthe many years,” saysRoy. tonnes, thetrade maywell bearound for tonnes perannum,risingtotwomillion mined ataninitialrate ofuptoonemillion of resource available toBathurst,be “With 50millionto100tonnes View ofproposed temporary storage coalsheds. profi le Hamish Bohannan Managing director and chief executive offi cer The vessel, Anatoki, with its first Hamish Bohannan is a mining shipment of coal from Westport. engineer with 30 years experience in the resources industry, starting Its two Buller permits cover over 10,000 “Planned upgrading of the port at Westport as a miner with Goldfi elds in South hectares of the coal fi eld that largely to cater for the Bathurst coal trade is Africa before completing a degree surrounds state-owned Solid Energy’s expected to, over different stages, cost in at the Royal School of Mines. He Stockton open cast mining operation. excess of $20 million, with additional plant, has been actively involved in many machinery and storage facilities. Bathurst’s Escarpment permit is targeting areas of the industry including a production of 1 million tonnes per annum “We are delighted to be working dredging and open cut mining, which will increase to approximately 2 constructively with Westport, Port processing and smelting having million tonnes per annum as further South Taranaki and others in the environmentally worked around the globe in various Buller projects come on line. responsible development of this strategic metals from copper and gold to resource,” adds Hamish. ■ As well as developing the Buller coal nickel and mineral sands. fi eld, Bathurst recently acquired Eastern Resources Group and Brookdale Mining and now has assets that include two operating mines and a development block adjacent to the Buller project. “Buller is Bathurst’s fl agship project and a major export opportunity for New Zealand.

It will add signifi cant value to the West PORTAL Coast economy, as well as to Taranaki and the national economy,” says Bathurst Resources Limited managing director, Hamish Bohannan. 5 6 PORTAL manager, BillEdie. infrastructure says port of ourstaffandclients,” working environments improvements tothe “These aresigni staff.15 more port buildings andtherelocation ofabout demolition oftheoldworksandstores – hasnow progressed toinclude the of theoldadministration building off BaylyRoad andthelaterdemolition port’s newadministration headquarters withtheconstruction ofthe started The latestprocess –thateffectively staffandclientsalike. for port – improving theworkingenvironment upgrading andrenovation programme Port Taranaki iscontinuingitsextensive people andplaces improving thelotofport

Photo courtesy of Drainage Plus fi cant hard cokingcoal thatisbeingtrans- Bathurst Resources Limited, andits its cargo, Australian listedcompany importantly, forthenewest clientand for thestorage oflogsand,more up more spaceintheMoturoa Basin The latestimprovements have opened room forthecargoes ofourcustomers.” andmakingmorenear thewharves, anywhere, notnecessarilynexttoor taking outactivitiesthatcanbehoused “We area, are reshaping theinnerport others whousethesefacilities. working environments forstaffand upgraded toprovidefurther better relatively modernfacilitieshave been areas forexistingandnewclients.And land forcargoes, improving storage demolished, openingupmore valuable near theendoftheirlifehave been oldbuildingsandfacilities “Tired

Photo courtesy of Dr . completed, toatight timetable,to stores buildingswas alsosuccessfully The laterdemolitionoftheworks and on time. they were completed successfullyand says bothjobswere challengingbut Plus jointmanagingdirector Phil Walker works andstores buildings.Drainage responsible forgettingridoftheold old administration building,wasalso Contracting, whichdemolishedthe New PlymouthcompanyDrainage Plus the Blyde Terminal. workshops have beenbuiltforthemat temporary basisonlyuntilnew mechanics, whoare there ona up Breakwater Road, ashave the have moved torenovated facilities The engineersandstores people toAsia. for laterexport shipped from Westport toPort Taranaki

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The works yard, post demolition. “There are other areas, on Blyde Blyde on “There other areas, are Wharf and other parts of the Moturoa see this process we Basin, where and continuing. Land in and around near to wharves always be at a will port, as a growing and, we premium will always be wanting to improve as access to facilities and sites, as well base.” our revenue broadening of the ts all concerned,” he says continue for at least as long again. port“Moving better facilities people to land for much up valuable thus freeing areas storage needed additional cargo benefi permanent port 122 present staff. of buildings He cites the removal as and baches on or near Bayly Road the an earlier example of improving the port. of operation Bill Edie, infrastructure manager. enable that new “vacant” land to be enable that new “vacant” users. Bill says for future prepared that was for the installation of two shelters for protection giant weather up to 10,000 tonnes of the storage of Bathurst coal destined for Asian steelworks. and He adds that the port renovation which has been programme, innovation going on for decades, will probably 8 PORTAL local fi contract from fellowpicked uptheport Drainage Plusin2005when they starting marine related workaboutayear after managing director, moved intodoing He andhiswifeRobyn, theotherjoint fi demolishing oldunwantedbuildingsto always interesting andvaried –“from director Phil Walker saystheworkis the pastfi for Drainage Plushasbeenattheport are blockingstormwaterdrains. grounds orrescuing sealsthat in theport discovering anoldelectricalsubstation contractor atPort Taranaki –whetherit’s Plus Contracting –themainmaintenance There’s never adullmomentforDrainage and drainage+ discovery, demolition nding marinemammals”. rm AJ Cowley Limited. rm AJ ve years andjointmanaging wooden wharves andanoldelectrical wooden wharves surprises –whatwasleftofsomeold That contract alsothrew upsome and ontime.” but we completedtheworksuccessfully wasourgreatest challengeyet “That Moturoa Basin. administration buildingdown atthe was the2009demolitionofold Plus hasyetTaranaki doneforPort Phil saysthebiggestjobthatDrainage – that’s alotofsand.” thousand cubicmetres sofarthisyear from where we have shiftedabout three to theboatramp attheLee Breakwater from theentrance the place,particularly “We alsoremove excess sandfrom around and removing oldbuildings oranimals. fencing, plumbing,drainage, demolishing do anythingforPort Taranaki –roading, good ifnotbetterthanCowleys. Now we knowing thatourstandards hadtobeas “We doingworkattheport, soonstarted employing fouroftheir staff,” recalls Phil. the contracting businessfrom Cowleys, what we didinlate2006,we bought Sothat’sdoing maintenanceattheport. contracting business;theyhadbeen asked usifwe wantedtobuytheir “Cowleys gave usourfi rst jobandlater the sea,hearsitandsometimesfeels it he’s workingnearthewater. Hesees unfortunately, feelsseasickwhenever “We alsohave ourown diggerdriver who, attimes. around theport Therecomfortable. are alsopenguins found thedrain relatively warmandvery stormwater drain. Iguessit in aport baby sealwasthecauseofblockage moments. Suchaswhenwe discovered a very seriously, we do have ourlighter “Although ourboys taketheirwork late November. and stores buildingsthatfi demolition andremoval oftheoldworks A similar, more recent contract wasthe that work.” latelastyear inrecognition of the port awarded aSafetyAchievement Award by no losttimeinjuriesandwe were also and theboys stick tothem. There were “We have ourown highsafetystandards regulations. employment (HSE) ofLabourhealthandsafetyin Department correctly disposedofinaccordance with asbestos, were carefully removed and Any hazardous substances,suchas demolishing theoldbuilding”,recalls Phil. to bevery careful aswe workedaround it substation, “whichisstillinusesowe had nished in PORTAL 9 ■

so much so that the split is about 70-30 port non-port work and related related. do that little bit go that bit further, “We port and the extra company appreciates such a good company to They are that. for would like to be here work for and we to come,” Phil concludes. years Drainage Plus Contracting Ph: 06 751 2409 Email: [email protected] and water connection services. with Phil says his company gets on well port management and that he is on the health and safety committee at the port. The port has always been an important Plus but even customer for Drainage so now. more a 50-50 mix of port used to have “We work and other outside work. But right a lot happening at the port, there’s now ed

provider for the District for the New Plymouth provider stormwater sewerage, Council regarding lapping against his digger. So he always So he lapping against his digger. hates working on the digger when he’s clearing out the sand at the boat ramp – poor chap.” does similar work for other Plus Drainage such as chicken farm and organisations and agricultural Tegel company, process pesticide and herbicide manufacturer, It is also a certifi AgroSciences. Dow Phil Walker, joint managing director. Phil Walker, 10 PORTAL worse unlesswe develop alarger andmore vulnerable tothisproblem, whichwillonlyget from ourmajortrade centres, are increasingly anddomesticgoodsproducers, remote Exporters logistical requirements ontheworldstage. withdrawn scheduledvisitstosuittheirbroader season’ inthe large volumes east-west trades. vessels tolaidupby early 2012–duringthe‘off forecast –thoughwe expect ahighernumberof trade growth. 2012appearstohave asimilar market thathasoutstrippedtheoverall worldwide Hamburg Süd shipping newsbriefs Pacifica Shipping Simon Kirk Richard Allan where internationallineshave reduced or in otherprovinces around thecountry, To varying degrees thistrend isevident Tauranga foroutward cargo movements. containerised capacitycomingintothe in 2011hasbeenthehigheramountof The mainfactorbehindthechallenge that trend. 2011 showed areversal of global economicrecession, back afterthe2008-2009 when worldtrade bounced After apositive 2010, globally foroceanshipping. 2011 hasbeenachallenge connections toAucklandor more costlyroad andrail to rely increasingly on for theregion, having shippingservices export lamented thelossofdirect have recentlyexporters Taranaki manufacturers and and with our partners Pacifi and withourpartners customers onspacerequirements for2012, We willbeworkingcloselywith Taranaki reefer equipmenttotheNewZealand trades. reefer plugcapacityandalsocommitting more periods,enhancing capacity duringpeakexport over recent years have includedintroducing extra products ofthis totheirchangingneeds.Examples work closelywithourcustomersonaligning Looking forward we willcontinueto atHSDG continued strong growth patterns. Asia andalsoAustralia are where we are seeing well, withdemandgrowing inmanymarkets. positive. The ‘food’ isdoing sectorinparticular be resilient andprospects inourkeysectorsare baseappearsto Within NewZealand, ourexport to anyprospect ofboostingregional andnational The relevance istherefore ofthisservice crucial of into andoutofthePort Taranaki. vessels offeringmore frequent cargo connections example ofwhatcouldbeachieved withmore Auckland each Wednesday isbutonesolitary Pacifi regular basis. way totrans-ship cargo over longerdistancesona most cost-effi given thatcoastalshippingisunquestionablythe a lackofstrategic thinkingisalsolamentable, productive provinces Such andthebighubports. made toboostseafreight linksdirectly between of CookStrait isbeing rail ferries–andnoeffort applies solelytolandmodes–withtheexception The trouble funding isthatcurrent transport frequent coastalshippingfeedernetwork. ca’s out of Taranaki coastalservice to cient andenvironmentally sound ca onthecoastal www.hamburgsud.com Ph: 093773460 Hamburg Süd Asia trademanager Simon Kirk Christmas andHappyNewyear. We lookforward to2012 –have awonderful – www.hamburgsud.com. photos available onthathistoryourwebsite in Hamburg, andthere are somevery interesting the 140thyear sinceHamburg Südwasformed years ofoperation inNewZealand. Itwasalso and50 of 40years ofcontainerisedtransport in2011wereHigh pointsforHSDG the celebration feedering ofthatcargo. www.pacship.co.nz Email: [email protected] Mobile: 021321336 Ph: 093040022 General managersalesandmarketing Richard Allan risk losingitaltogether. greater useofwhatisalready available andnot sea asopposedtoland. The answer istomake frequent andlower costcargo movements, by isthere tobenefi The opportunity boxes are abletobeshipped. andreefer All typesofcargo, FEUs including TEUs, providedweekly service, itisbookedinadvance. assured ofavailable containerspaceonPacifi intheregionProducers canbe andexporters appliesinthiscase. “use itorloseit”certainly sea freight capacityinthefuture. The oldsaying

■ ■ t from more ca’s MSC It’s been trying times We were, therefore, obliged to endeavour to spill of oil from the vessel to the degree that lately with the recent manage this situation by adjusting aspects of the they did and are working steadily to recover the ongoing industrial vessels schedules which we could control in order containers from the vessel in diffi cult conditions, situation at Sydney port try and keep them on track as much as possible. particularly given the lean of the vessel. signifi cantly impacting This unfortunately included having to bypass a Those that have seen the images will on our scheduling through number of ports in New Zealand, including New acknowledge that it is unsavoury and dangerous New Zealand, plus the Plymouth, on more than one occasion. work. There is clearly a long way to go in the Wright well documented drama We understand an agreement has now been efforts to safely recover all the containers on with the Rena at Tauranga. reached that will enable the industrial situation board and all are hoping for good weather for as The Sydney port situation caused to be resolved and we are optimistic that long as possible to assist in this regard. Steve serious concerns with our scheduling we’ll see a quick return of greater stability to As this is the last edition of the PORTAL as all of our services through New Zealand call our schedules. for 2011 all at MSC would like to wish all at Sydney – either en route to or on departure The unfortunate grounding of the Rena outside readers a happy and safe festive season and a from New Zealand. The amount of delay vessels Tauranga has obviously been well documented prosperous New Year. ■ experienced at the port varied from voyage to in the media but what should also be noted is Steve Wright voyage which made it diffi cult to adjust our the remarkable job being done by the vessel Regional manager – Northern schedules to factor in the time for the Sydney Ph: 09 369 5390 salvors in very trying circumstances. They have port call. Email: [email protected] done a great job to successfully minimise the www.mscnewzealand.com ship nostalgia PORTAL

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At end of November, the heavy lift ship, Jascon ship, the heavy lift At end of November, lifting the accommodation 25, is shown Platform in Bass Yolla module destined for the within the The 540-tonne lift was well Strait. crane. of the ship’s 800-tonne lifting capacity (see full story on next page) for the portfor the heavy lift another another oil andgasfeature

14 PORTAL Engineering wasvisible foralltoseeduring ofFitzroy The engineeringexpertise along NewPlymouthroads. of thelargest engineeringloadever totravel andexport intherecent transportation parts designated StateHighway44played pivotal Port Taranaki andtheregion’s specially move ofthemega-module route tocatchaglimpse ofthe540-tonne parents andgrandparents –linedthe Thousands ofpeople–children inpyjamas, lift vessel forshippingacross the Tasman. of the“mega module” ontoaspecialistheavy across thecityandlaterloadingatport the mammothmid-November overnight trip The engineeringcompany alsosetupitsown Engineering totheport. from the yards ofFitzroy trucks –asittookalmost12hoursto travel or pushed,by uptoseven heavyhaulage 304-wheel trailer assemblythatwaspulled, mega-module ona30-tonnespecially built PORTAL 15 ■

oil and gas feature gas and oil “It’s great the Taranaki Transport Network Transport Taranaki the great “It’s to push for this specially had the foresight New Plymouth has designated corridor so that that enables the safe and the infrastructure and transportationreliable of such over-weight the city, loads through heavy over-dimensional port,” the Tom. to or from says Fitzroy Engineering Ph: 06 759 5252 www.fitzroy.co.nz “All the hard work the port work the hard “All the done over has equipment, purchasing new the years, powerful more cranes, bigger, including to take the harbour and deepening off. is now paying bigger vessels, re ces and associated removed, temporarily c islands cient space for the monster module to be been It has already ghting installation. laundry, gymnasium, offi gymnasium, laundry, including a fi and water utilities, power fi staff and contractors, Fitzroy by commissioned simply need to be connected meaning it will to platform production gas Yolla to the operational. become fully specialised “It was also an exceptionally and nothing was left to chance. project and the haul delighted with the result We’re to the port was a fantastic sight, a fantastic adds. night,” Richard was made at night to minimise The move were Trees users. the impact on other road trimmed, traffi or turned light stands either removed street Various the street. so they faced away from to – removed stairs and small platforms or power they did not catch on trees, ensure later re-installed communication lines – were at the port. including the Molesworth route, The entire St that had earlier been the Huatoki Stream over to stand the load, was turned strengthened into a no-parking “clearway”. to create At the port, moved containers were suffi of the heavy lift unloaded, awaiting the arrival Jascon 25. ship STG crane complex been a big and extremely “It’s over that has involved fabrication project It’s staff. man hours by Fitzroy 100,000 Richard very of,” proud something we’re concludes. Tom Network chairman, Transport Taranaki contract Yolla Cloke, says the success of the also points to the important the port role and newest Highway 44, New Zealand’s State play in supporting such ventures. highway,

Origin eld owners eld’s owners that we had that we owners eld’s ‘fan zone’ at , similar to one erected erected to one Ariki, similar at Puke ‘fan zone’ games of New Plymouth during the three visitors to give Cup, World the 2011 Rugby along view of the monster move an elevated Molesworth St. biggest yet – the project This fabrication Engineering – is undertaken Fitzroy by gas project, Yolla destined for the Bass Strait tall the mega-module, standing 19m where on” to an existing and 13m wide – will “clip miles gas platform about 100 nautical southeast of Melbourne. Richard Engineering managing director, Fitzroy fi Yolla Ellis, says that when Energy and AWE tendered the job during 2009, tendered and AWE Energy and Asia as Australia bids from it attracted his company. as from well the fi convinced “We proven and we’ve the skills to do the project the delighted with that. Origin and AWE are 15-month project.” of the results Engineering won the engineering Fitzroy to and construction contract procurement design and build the individual utilities and accommodation modules that will provide accommodation for up to 44 people. took particular stage we – every care “At choosing the best position within our even these modules involved to assemble premises testing and analysis, taking into extensive wind account any likely seismic movements, loadings and the ability to withstand heavy operations.” crane is also says the $35 million contract Richard testament to the ability of the highly skilled engineering sector and workforce. Taranaki complex incorporates The bright yellow kitchen, mess hall, bathrooms, bunkrooms, oil andgasfeature

16 PORTAL and BrettCooper, Chealplantsupervisor. L-R: DrewCadenhead,chiefoperatingoffi and theirfamilies. company TAG Oil,itsseniorexecutives place forNewZealand-focused Canadian Taranaki hasproved positive avery taranaki terri cer but nodiscoveries meantnopetroleum various regions around NewZealand business ofexploringforoilandgas in Last decade TAG buildingits Oilstarted fi c fortag long trek tosuccessbegan. onshore Taranaki Chealoilfi years lateritboughtastakeinthe production andnorevenue. Then several eld andthe PORTAL 17 ce rmly established, we ■

shing, surfcasting occasionally, surfcasting occasionally, shing, oil and gas feature gas and oil and more regular outings on the Kaitake outings on the Kaitake regular and more Golf Course. Taranaki, love we being here; love “We the lifestyle, the beaches.” this last time, Drew When he returned in New employee TAG was the only offi the New Plymouth Now Zealand. people – half Canadians a dozen employs and half Kiwis – while two New in Auckland employed are Zealanders and one at Napier. a major sponsor of the is also now TAG Union. Football Rugby Taranaki fi are we “Now something back to the want to give Taranaki local community and in than by that what better way to show sponsors of the region’s becoming proud team. top rugby to the looking forward are “We team successfully Taranaki Tenderlink Shield and defending the Ranfurly are We rugby. watching some great Drew Taranaki,” of citizens proud concludes. smiling for days, she was that pleased.” pleased.” she was that for days, smiling 2009, the in September Since returning gained permanent have Cadenheads into themselves and thrown residency Susan and Renee life. His wife Taranaki in surf lifesaving both involved are manages while Drew during the summer, to go fi TAG Oil TAG Ph: 06 759 4019 www.tagoil.com cer in cer ce of Fletcher rst visited Taranaki Taranaki visited rst cantly enhanced enhanced cantly ts, with its production south of Inglewood that eld commercial quantities owing more even grown le, which has forward with a signifi forward profi of Apache,” adds Drew, with the entry major Apache to the American referring three TAG’s in taking stakes Corporation last September. East Coast licences is the discovery during The third oil of the Sidewinder 2010 September and gas fi started fl Cheal All of oil and gas in late 2011. and Sidewinder oil is exported through Port Taranaki. TAG losses, of recording Instead of years posts profi now for the six months to September revenue than $C13.23 million 2011 tripling to more the same 2010 period. to compared family fi and his Drew during the mid-1990s, when he worked in the New Plymouth offi to returning before Challenge Energy, They later found themselves Canada. worked as under” when Drew back “down but based in New TAG of chief executive Plymouth during the mid-2000s. to return preparing were as we “However, in late 2007 it seemed our Vancouver to was crying for days.” daughter Renee So he jumped at the chance during with swap roles 2009 to effectively Garthexecutive fellow Johnson – Drew offi becoming chief operating New Plymouth and Garth chief executive in British Columbia. coming were learned we “When Renee she could not stop Taranaki back to Cadenhead cer Drew after that company c Energy of oil barrels about 325 owing on the East Coast. cant acreage in September eld near Ngaere of the is gaining total control rst eld was fl Northeld, utilising established American per day. Present production is more than is more production Present per day. per day and should increase 1500 barrels further wells as more in the near future “onstream”. brought are with TAG of The second is the merger Canadian New Zealand-focused fellow just a few Petroleum Trans-Orient junior Drew out. months after buying Austral Trans-Orient and TAG of says the merger opportunity” exceptional “an offered TAG as and diversify to grow TAG for Taranaki other had Cheal and several Trans-Orient while licences, exploration held signifi 2009 by acquiring the majority stake of 2009 by Pacifi Austral bankrupt. went 69.5% stake of Austral’s The purchase to initiate was able TAG in Cheal meant for the programme development its own fi methods and technologies to lower while boosting production costs operating furtherthrough drilling. of Cheal, the took total control TAG When fi for rapid TAG “The positioned merger the company to move allowing growth, Cheal fi Now it is one of New Zealand’s most of New Zealand’s it is one Now oil and junior growing and fastest active in terms of revenue both gas players, and production. offi Chief operating TAG’s propelling things are says three growth. The fi oil andgasfeature

18 PORTAL so-called Deepwater Taranaki Basin. Prospects, themostprospective ofthe parts the geologicalRomney andCoopworth west ofthe Taranaki coast,primarilyover of seismicatleast100nauticalmiles “shoot” about1800square kilometres inNewZealand(3D) surveys waters–to fi The vessels lefttwodayslaterforthe the size oftheAlima. Zealand watershave onlybeenabouthalf vesselsboat. Earlierseismicsurvey inNew chase for theAlima,andSeahawkeII vessel anchor handlingtug,thesupport JayaAmazon the muchsmaller(1458grt) Taranaki inmid-October, togetherwith gross registered tonnage,arrived atPort The 92m-longPolarcus Alima,withits7420 Taranaki, Otagoand Southland. off specialist, sophisticatedsurveys Taranaki duringOctober toconductseveral in NewZealand watersarrived atPort The largest seismicvessel yet seen specialist seismicship rst oftheirscheduledthree-dimensional second survey islikelytotakeseveralsecond survey This Shell, togetherwithotherpartners. andmultinational Austrian majorOMV for adifferent jointventure headedby two Great SouthBasinexploration licences to 3000square kilometres, over of parts to conductaneven bigger3Dsurvey, ofup December. The vessels thenheadedsouth successfully aboutlateNovember-early joint venture –wascompleted partners oil companyAnadarkoPetroleum andits The fi up to100millionbarrels ofoil. country’s largest offshore oilfi cubic feetofgas,whileMaari-Manaia,the gas fi the formerlygiantoffshore Taranaki Maui trillion cubicfeetofgas.Bycomparison, contain upto1.7billionbarrels ofoilor0.6 could cubic feetofgas,whileCoopworth 1.1 and2.8billionbarrels ofoilor1.7trillion Romney prospect couldcontainbetween The government’s Sciencebelieves the GNS Alex Park,OMSNewZealand eld used tocontainabout3trillion rst survey –forUnitedStatesrst survey major general manager. eld, contains more costlythantheirtwo-dimensional though The sophisticated3Dsurveys, or othermarinemammals. movements ofanynearby whales, dolphins systems, specifi as well as twopassive acousticmonitoring including twomarinemammalobservers, and Anadarkostaffonboard theAlima, There are also several specialistPolarcus grow,” Alex adds. to ourcustomersnomatterhow large we that we provide thesame level of service environmentally responsible mannerand ensures ourfl our vessels operationThis department. system, we have addedthree newstaffto managed underoursafetymanagement “In linewiththesupplyoftwovessels New Zealand general manager, AlexPark. vessel forNewZealand operations,” says a DP1class,anchorhandlingtugsupport NewZealand,that we, OMS have supplied seismic operators butthisisthefi operating onaglobalbasisforvarious vessels have OMS seismic support JayaAmazon isoneofafl “The New Plymouth. (OMS)basedin Offshore MarineServices managed bytheNewZealand branch of vessel ofitssize tobesuppliedand with theJayaAmazon beingthefi the marinecrews forthevessels, supplied Offshore MarineServices Southland andOtago. months intheoftenwildwatersoff eet are managed inasafe, cally tomonitorthe

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And, as is often the case when one case when is often the And, as offshore brings expensive joint venture rigs or equipment, drilling exploration parties under”, other “down seismic ships, So it lining up to use the Alima. now are to will return the vessels is highly likely for further surveys offshore during Taranaki the second quarter later. or even of 2012 oil and gas feature gas and oil Offshore Marine Services Ph: 06 769 6930 www.omsnz.com c. This new route gave total time savings of total time savings gave route This new to the traditional compared some eight days Canal, and some Panama the through route the through to going 13 days compared partIt was made possible in Suez Canal. capabilities, Arctic-ready because of Alima’s the Dubai- Group, the Polarcus providing headquarteredthe Alima, with of owners the importanta viable new sea between Asia and markets of Europe, operational the Pacifi rst, successfully successfully rst, (2D) counterparts, detailed much more yield and shape of about the size information and likely to hold hydrocarbons structures for the best locations they help pinpoint to be drilled. wells the Alima achieved to New Zealand, En route industry fi a world-class the northern along Norway, from transiting to Cape Dezhnev in the coast of Russia completing the 3000 nautical Bering Straits, days. mile journey in just nine oil andgasfeature

20 PORTAL underwater toolsof thetrade underwater utility vehicles butforNew Plymouth recreational off-road vehicles andall- ROVs andAUVs maysoundalittle like Remote operated vehicles (ROVs) of thetrade. fi rm Fugro BTW theyare essentialtools equipment used worldwide by anumber (AUVs) are specialistpiecesof and autonomousunderwatervehicles L-R: AlexWaugh, offshoresurveyor, Stewart Kidd,projectmanagerand Bob Waugh, managingdirector. PORTAL 21 The

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a and is targeting eld oil and gas feature gas and oil pocket of previously cant coast to Oaonui for Todd Energy. Todd for to Oaonui coast conducted a side-scan also two have sonar survey on the south eastern Maui gas fi edge of the Oil Services early Todd Shell operator for drilling the in preparation this year due which is well, exploration Ruru in late 2011-early 2012. to resume is the latest exploration well The Ruru effort extend the economic life of to the Maui fi signifi gas. natural bypassed to is not limited BTW Fugro However, sector. working just for the resources undertaking currently are other “We in specialised work, effectively partnership with other companies, including the New Plymouth Underwater Ltd,” adds Bob. The two men at the helm of Fugro of array an impressive also have BTW international assignments behind them, with Bob starting in Nigeria during the late 1960s and Stewart in the NorthSea during the mid-1970s. But right now New Plymouth, with its port, is the ideal location for them. of the centre Taranaki, in are “We industry, energy the New Zealand of the oil and gas most where still happens and all of exploration else Where so far. the development be based?” would we Fugro BTW Ph: 06 769 5040 www.fugro.com seismic vessel, the Prospector, is now is now Prospector, the vessel, seismic Group the Fugro by and operated owned British Northout of the main Sea port of Aberdeen. said Todd and Shell BP “Afterwards would be there around stuck that if we been doing have work and we more work for the Maui partners and off on since.” ever as it later became, & Associates, BTW successfully onshore then operated for decades until, about and offshore to the ago, Bob sold his share six years with its Group, huge worldwide Fugro the globe around 14,000 staff scattered companies. in some 250 subsidiary Partner Phil Dickey bought the onshore surveying side of BTW. this projects interesting One of the more 14 which employs BTW, for Fugro year people in New Plymouth, was importing a sonic drilling rig and its specialist Alaska to the way from all operators take partsands sampling in an iron That project Waitara. off programme unnoticed, though it was largely went part study into the of a pre-feasibility sands mining of the iron possible future and Waikato found along much of the minerals Australian coasts by Taranaki giant Fortescue Mining Group. has also been utilising Port BTW Fugro for some of Rawinia vessel Taranaki’s and the Rawinia Fugro work. its recent surveyed the porthave harbour and multi-beam carried out a shallow the around survey off Oakura from c oor. oor. cult places, cult eld operator operator eld our ts from rm Buxton Tuder and Waugh Waugh and Tuder rm Buxton Shell BP and Todd asked the company to Todd and Shell BP client representative act as an onboard That seismic survey. for an offshore operations as most of our New Zealand most of our New Zealand as operations he adds. based there,” are projects Bob was one of the founders of the survey fi during that startedTaranaki working in 1974 when then Maui gas fi of sectors, particularlyof sectors, and global oil the of tasks. for a wide range gas industry, the over invaluable proved They have Plymouth-based Fugro for New years provide helping particularly ROVs, BTW, on or assisting with projects information and diffi dark often in deep, of the ocean. such as at the bottom “They us with the remote helped have platforms, inspections of pipelines, seabed and cables, together with surveys and the like many times,” company managing director recalls Bob Waugh. “They help with the precise also oil rigs before positioning of offshore they drill, and with seabed surveys, rigs necessary before often that are offshore and before positioned are laid on the ocean fl pipelines are manager project company projects,” Stewart Kidd says. also benefi Taranaki “Port Having the expertise of the global Fugro to us has also helped available Group often we us many times. Mind you, sending some of Group, help the Fugro the world for specifi our staff around 22 PORTAL the -headquartered Pinnacle the Wellington-headquartered of Both SCSandSpacewiseare part container buying,sellingandleasing.” andtheyare specialistsin from theport associated companySpacewise alsooperates Our maintenance andrepair services. afullscopeofshippingcontainer services, providor offeringacomplete spectrumof isthefi “SCS repaired sotheykeepworking. just how thosecontainersare keptcleanand in thecontainerbusiness,you mightnotknow He saysthatunlessyou are actuallyinvolved their containerrequirements.” andtheshippinglinesregarding the port inside out.Iruntheyard andalsoliaisewith because thenyou gettoknow theplace atthebottom “It isactuallygoodtostart up tohispresent position. about eightyears agobefore workinghisway asalabourer well, havingstarted the port SCS operations manager, Trevor Wiki, knows or leasingthem. the pastdecade–andalsobuying,selling maintaining andrepairing containersfor Spacewise thathave beencleaning, (SCS)andtheirassociatecompany Services Taranaki,At Port itisSpecialisedContainer Who repairs them? empty containers? Who cleansthem? But wholooksafterthesemyriadsof if notmillions,upanddown NewZealand. scattered around theworldandthousands, Containers –there are billionsofthem containers everywhere rst fullyintegrated one-stop

to catervarying customerdemand. There offi nationwide networkthatallows individual container repair maintenancecompany, a SCS isNewZealand’s largest shipping management. port socialcluband workmates enjoy theport fi Kat PerrettHis partner isexpectingtheir awesome; Ijustdon’t wanttoleave.” foreseeable future. Working here isjust “I amnotgoinganywhere forthe New Plymouthport. that helikes Taranaki andworking atthe rugby inItalyandtheUnitedStates, adds Trevor, whohasplayed semi-professional will pickbackupagain. this year butheisoptimisticthatbusiness oftheMaerskshippinglineearlier departure Spacewise staffnumbersreduced withthe machinery asnecessary. Trevor saysSCSand refrigeration engineerscheckandrepair any Six employees dothemaintenance,whiletwo clean, repair andmaintainallthecontainers. then resells orleasesthem. The SCSteam them andgetsSCStodorepairs ifnecessary, containers from shippingcompanies,checks Spacewise buysoldunwantedscrap around thecountry.nine otherports Taranaki, basedatPort Services aswell as andSpecialisedRefrigeration Services companies includingSpecialised Transport administrative armforavariety ofsubsidiary Corporation whichistheheadoffi rst childearlyin2012andhehis ces to pool resources, stock and expertise ces topoolresources, stockandexpertise ce and www.pinnacle-corp.co.nz Ph: 067512592 Specialised ContainerServices and Melbourne. plus Australian extensionsinBrisbane are 10branches from AucklandtoDunedin,

■ PORTAL 23 operations manager. upgrader and Trevor Wiki, Wiki, upgrader and Trevor L-R: Murray Takarangi, SCS L-R: Murray Takarangi, 24 PORTAL Volendam Taranaki ticksalltheboxes. and ‘undiscovered’ destinations.Port –accessible,interesting for newports previous year. Cruiselinesare looking passengers, up40percent onthe New Zealand willwelcome 200,000 During the2011/2012cruiseseason and inNewZealand isgrowing. Fast. The popularityofcruisingbothglobally and 615crew. manaakitanga tothe1,400passengers and fantasticretail, hospitalityand landscape, richculture andhistory more thanjusttheregion’s legendary years, andwe’ll beshowcasing much the Holland-Americacruiseship On 27DecemberPort Taranaki welcomes cruise industry opening doorstothegrowing news brief vtt forthefi

rst cruisevisitinmany ms ms In termsofeconomic impact,cruiseships, to move intothisspace. travel sector, shouldtheregion bekeen open doorsinthislucrative andemerging community. to Ithastheopportunity frombe keenlyobserved across the Volendam isasuccess. The visitwill industries toensure thatthevisitof region’s visitor, andhospitality transport Venture Taranaki isworking withthe visitors andeven getthemofftheship. – how andentertain we educate,transport challenges tomeetwhentheygethere forAustralia. Butwe alsohaveport some geographic locationasthemostdirect natural beauty, onshore attractions and lines andtheirpassengersintermsofits Taranaki offersmuchtoboththecruise www.taranaki.info Ph: 067595150 9 RobeStreet,NewPlymouth Taranaki’s economicdevelopmentagency Venture Taranaki 5swimming pools,tennisand • ashoppingcentre andinternational • ashow lounge,theatre nightclub • spa,salon,saunas,fi • fourrestaurants, sixbarsanda • • 61,000 tonnes • 238m long • 720 guest rooms MS VOLENDAM: QUICKFACTS of thispotentiallylucrative sector. make sure theregion risestothechallenges As anothergrowing marketwe needto targeted holidays. the wayforlaterland-basedtourismand amongst passengers,potentiallypaving in theheightenedawareness oftheregion Taranaki economy. There isalsobenefi contribute around $800,000tothe stop atPort Taranaki coulddirectly It isanticipatedthatthe Volendam’s crew spend. be traced backtoship, passenger and Additional jobs,incomeandprofi value theirspendinjectsintoadestination. onshore andindirectly through theadded destination intheformofdirect spending signifi their passengersandcrew makea and gym basketball courts basketball courts collections art and three youth hangoutzones centre culinary arts cant economic contributiontoa

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nd this daunting but the thought of Roger Taylor is a Wellington is a Wellington Roger Taylor based economist. Email: [email protected] Pike River Mine disaster and the Rena the Rena Mine disaster and Pike River prime In each case unless the grounding. hours the minister was on site within was criticised for not acting government The question crisis. quickly enough to the – is it better to that should been asked the expertshave immediately tasked to is needed undertake recovery whatever in politicians grandstanding or to have oil. the rubble, coal dust or to that question is patently The answer – expertobvious planning – but unfortunately the media beat up that immediately starts in the end requires the politicians to appear quickly on site. It also unfortunately the seems to require parliamentary opposition to criticise every action of the authorities, comfortable in be held that they won’t the knowledge the outcomes. for responsible The labour opposition could, if they this term than play slightly harder and therefore be in power the French, the economic for restoring responsible in an increasingly Zealand for New future uncertain world fi politicians might some labour sure fi transcends probably being in power any doubts. cate, often cate, the never are xes nancial system, when what is seeks to blame the government and seeks to blame the government so-called experts pontifi up an immediate They may shore best. lead to sound long rarely but problem term solutions. for governments of ‘events’ The problem the public reaction by is clearly illustrated earthquakes,to the Christchurch the unnamed, on who is to blame and unnamed, on who is to in their why the authorities could, do a better job at uninformed view, Politicians criticise normality. restoring they aren’t openly because they know of logic but it is accountable for their lack expertsunacceptable for so called not to at their identity so the authorities reveal can evaluate large least and the public at whether the advice is good or bad. In times of crisis good advice is always must bad advice however welcome, be put aside, as it can only complicate action and lead to greater any recovery uncertainty in the minds of the public. At election time, some want immediate and instantaneous answers of a it is a rebuild whether results, of fallen city or immediate restoration international economic a near broken and fi analysis of what went is proper required start and a wrong on detailed planning for handling the issues and restoring order. bettering the previous or even Short term knee jerk fi events An English prime minister when once asked what was the major risk for – governments said ‘events’. Presumably because they

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were unforeseen, they could have they could have unforeseen, were unplanned impacts catastrophic policies. on government the past look back over As we Roger

Taylor the buzzthe village the from 12 months it is hard to ignore the fact to ignore 12 months it is hard has been subject to that New Zealand from of events; array an extraordinary earthquakes major to ship stranding, and interruption infrastructure energy rugby French mine calamity to a resurgent team which almost put the whole country mourning. of into another four years of the world the possible exception With cup fi rugby out the best and worst of us and the The unexpected happens and a media. a by aided and abetted minority, vocal media which only wants to report bad to why news, expects immediate answers did it happen, when is it going to stop, is it going to cost and who is much how to blame. The parliamentary opposition of course 26 PORTAL all thingsbright andnautical Wanganui toNewPlymouth withtheir younger brother Murray shiftingfrom Andrea stillremembers herselfandher whole country. andpossiblyinthe master attheport “dream job” –theonlyfemale launch at Port Taranaki, saysshehasher Chadfi Now, thedaughterof“Chaddy” Dave things nautical. and sometimessleepssurrounded by Andrea Chadfi sea life,hasblossomeddecadeslaterfor the seaandallthatitcontains,particularly asachildhood passionfor What started eld, awell-known nauticalfi eld, whonow lives, works gure six. Chaddyfi mother andfatherwhenshewasabout swimming orsurfi “I wasalwaysinthewater. When Iwasn’t bin onmybiketothelocalneighbours. sellingfresh fi I started they were tools. Iwasonly8years oldwhen presentsFor weren’t mybirthdays, dolls, and gutfi Taranaki, ofPort wharves Ilearnedtocatch “Being practically brought uponthe Plymouth port. a touristventure operating from theNew 38 years, but latersetupChaddy’s Charters, Taranaki, ashehaddoneat Wanganui for sh, fi rst went fi x fi shing netsanddrive boats. ng, Iwouldbeplaying sh from outof afi shing from Port shing from Port sh time offtheboatwas dividedbetween going a lotoftimeonChaddy’s boat. The children’s “Our lifestylewasvery busy–we spent called Coby (aged4),whocallsherNandrea. (now 22).Shealsohasagranddaughter daughter Sarah (now aged 24)andsonLuke just herselfandhertwoyoung children, including thoseyears whenthere was workingforherdad, Andrea laterstarted that boat’,referring tothepilotlaunch.” say tomydad‘watch,onedayI’ll beon behind mybike. When Iwastenusedto dad madeformesoIcouldtow myyacht Optimist (yacht)whichhadatrailer thatmy with themanysmallboats,includingan PORTAL 27 Diane Cadwallader. L-R: Leith Astwood, Shane Haybittle and ■

“my childhood dream”. It was hard work to It was hard dream”. childhood “my and patient. I focused but I stayed get here and the guys to all my family am so grateful made my journey have I work with that Being partsuch a pleasure. team of their at the port feel proud. makes me - life is great!’’ “So yes Andrea started Andrea for Port fulltime working ago, starting years in several Taranaki to the maintenance moving then security, department, the only female becoming hand. general on the wharves with the crew “Working work is a your experience – was a great it.” life-style and I loved launch master is being a pilot boat “I believe ng the coast of Taranaki Taranaki of ng the coast I worked on for c Conquest, which to school and surfi to school months back in 2006,” adds Andrea, three to the chase boat for the Orient referring Explorer seismic surveyvessel. with me. So it was natural that Luke would that Luke it was natural with me. So and my footsteps, in his grandfather’s follow the age of 17 at sea at pursuing a career that Luke It is a coincidence in Australia. working on my old boat, has ended up Pacifi www.porttaranaki.co.nz E. [email protected] F. 06751 0886 P. 06751 0200 New Zealand New Plymouth 4340 Box 348 PO TaranakiPort Limited

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