Mustangs booked on Tarago departing 21st March '17, arriving April 2017

[Bagration]

The other question I'd love to know (purely from a transport and logistics position) is why there is another RoRo boat sitting at dock for 5 days?

These boats only take 24 hours to unload. Can't see these boats taking too much RoRo from NZ. 5 days in port?

A boat in port like this doesn't earn revenue.

Ships earn revenue at sea. Having a ship alongside is expensive - which is why some of the port visits by these kind of ships (and bulk carriers and container ships) are measured in hours rather than days. Tarago is anchored out because that way she is not charged fee's by the Port of Auckland for being alongside. You would expect that the offload will be pretty brief and then underway again.

You would assume that the carrier that is alongside now is alongside due to mechanical failure rather than awaiting freight. It's probably not been moved to another berth (or to anchor) because of the cost of tugs to push her around and the fact that a harbour is an elaborate and expensive game of maritime tetris. Moving from the current berth will only distrupt other traffic.

None of which brings our cars any closer of course.

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[TeamDenno]

Agreed.

I'm assuming the boat has gone tech. Mooring fees are bloody expensive.

You know the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney, $50k fine for the first 15 minutes delay, and $50k for each half hour after

 

[Sturty91]

Brilliant. An email from my dealer.

"Tarago has now docked in Sydney and you car will be ready for collection w/e 19th May"

I wrote back to him advising the boat was stuck in Auckland.

"Ford says it docked on the 19th"

Ford.Knowz.Nothing

:lol::lol:

 

[V8 coyote]

15 minutes until it's supposed to dock

 

[TeamDenno]

It's this bloody Martorell boat

Tugs are alongside... Its finally moving out the bloody way!

And Tarago has a pilot boat alongside. She's moving into port.

 

[V8 coyote]

As we cross with it I hope our captain flips him off on the way past

 

[TeamDenno]

As we cross with it I hope our captain flips him off on the way past

Shame there is no canons on board. Shot across the bow to show the displeasure!

 

[V8 coyote]

The boat behind us - azalea is also waiting where we were. The chain reaction is massive.

We really aren't the ones that have lost out that much in relative sense (as much as half this thread is us complaining)

 

[TeamDenno]

The boat behind us - azalea is also waiting where we were. The chain reaction is massive.

We really aren't the ones that have lost out that much in relative sense (as much as half this thread is us complaining)

And the Hoegh Trotter.... Also heading to the same berth.

 

[BrizSuz]

Loving the running commentary!!

You guys are obsessed... which is great, because then I don't have to be :cheers:

 

[Mr_GT]

What time is it leaving NZ today?

 

[TeamDenno]

What time is it leaving NZ today?

7pm local time according to the Auckland ports website.

 

[V8 coyote]

Ironic that it was the bledisloe wharf causing all the issues.

Anything bledisloe and New Zealand related is never positive

 

[TeamDenno]

Ironic that it was the bledisloe wharf causing all the issues.

Anything bledisloe and New Zealand related is never positive

:clap2: :clap2:

 

[Namda]

Well, it looks like it has finally docked in Auckland.

Due to depart at 11pm our time.

Hopefully there are no more delays; I'm sick of resetting my countdown clock haha

edit: wow this is active this morning, somebody already beat me to it!

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