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<strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
rePORT<br />
Editorial .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
• From Martin Byrne<br />
<strong>Port</strong> News.............. 3<br />
• Open day success<br />
SupPORT our Region. .. 4<br />
• Haven Ahoy!<br />
<strong>Port</strong> Progress. ......... 5<br />
• Beacon gets planted<br />
Around the <strong>Port</strong> .. . . . . 6/7<br />
• Trucking through the night<br />
Our <strong>Port</strong> Our People.. . . 8<br />
• Comings and goings<br />
Safe Harbour........... 9<br />
• Lashings of safety<br />
Meet the Client.. . . . . . . 10<br />
• Yealands Estate Winery<br />
Environment Update. ..11<br />
• Noise... What noise?<br />
Looking Back. . . . . . . . . 12<br />
• A Pirate's Tale<br />
OUR NEW CRANE<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> has just taken delivery of a new<br />
Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour crane.<br />
When Chairman Nick Patterson announced<br />
the purchase late last year he said it<br />
would ‘ future proof’ the port: “Given the<br />
requirements of the shipping lines using<br />
the port and taking into account the age<br />
of the two existing LHM 400 cranes, it was<br />
essential for us to take steps to ensure our<br />
mobile plant including our harbour cranes<br />
would continue to meet the needs of our<br />
customers.”<br />
(Story continues on page 12)<br />
Photo: Martin de Ruyter
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 2<br />
Environmental measures<br />
on a global scale<br />
Earlier this year <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited Chief Executive Martin Byrne was appointed as the New Zealand<br />
director on the board of the International Association of <strong>Port</strong> and Harbours (IAPH), succeeding former<br />
<strong>Port</strong>s of Auckland CEO Jens Madsen in the position. The IAPH is a global alliance representing around<br />
230 ports in 90 countries. Its membership collectively handles around 60 percent of the world’s sea-borne<br />
traffic and almost 80 percent of global container traffic. It is a non-profitmaking and non-governmental<br />
organisation with headquarters in Tokyo. The IAPH is working on a number of issues facing the maritime<br />
industry, including the World Climate Initiative, which centres on encouraging ports to promote<br />
environmentally sensitive behaviour. Martin attended the IAPH conference in Busan,<br />
South Korea from 23-27 May, which he says highlighted a number of key issues facing the<br />
maritime industry, in particular environmental issues facing port operators:<br />
editorial<br />
“Often when travelling internationally in our industry one can be<br />
slightly overawed at the sheer size of port operations in the likes of<br />
Hong Kong, Singapore and Busan, but what you generally always<br />
find when you sit down and talk to people from those ports is that<br />
we all face the same issues, the only thing that changes is the scale.<br />
This was particularly brought home on the penultimate day of the<br />
conference when the CEO of the <strong>Port</strong> of Amsterdam spoke about<br />
port redevelopment issues that they are working through. Her key<br />
point was that noise is the next major issue that port operators face<br />
around the world. Given the experiences we have had here in <strong>Nelson</strong><br />
in recent years in terms of working through the noise issues with our<br />
closest neighbours, it was heartening to see that our approach of<br />
engagement with the residents and working through issues as they<br />
arise was the one that had brought the most progress overseas.<br />
Representatives from ports such as Rotterdam, Oakland, Melbourne<br />
and Sydney spoke about the work they have done to interact with<br />
their local communities around a raft of environmental issues, from<br />
noise through to air emissions; while at the far end of the scale, in<br />
larger ports such as LA, they have moved to having large container<br />
vessels utilising shore power while alongside.<br />
The two yearly IAPH conferences are an excellent opportunity for<br />
port operators from around the world to get together and discuss a<br />
myriad of issues across the board and to share ideas and approaches.<br />
As I have mentioned, while the scale of the challenges may change<br />
from port to port and country to country, in essence the core issues<br />
remain the same and the opportunity to network with industry<br />
peers and share ideas cannot be underestimated.<br />
We are justifiably proud of our efforts in the environmental side of<br />
things here at PNL, but also recognise we still have a long way to<br />
go to build on the work done to date. We are certainly committed<br />
to doing that and to continue punching above our weight on this<br />
issue.”<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited CEO<br />
At this year’s IAPH conference the environmental work done within <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> was recognised with our Infrastructure Manager, Matt McDonald, winning the Busan<br />
Open Award essay competition. The competition run by IAPH was open to all member ports, and in being chosen as the winner Matt fended off competition from<br />
Spain, South Africa, Australia, Kenya, Belgium and Iran, among others. Matt is second from left in the photo, next to President of IAPH, Gichiri Ndua from Kenya, centre.<br />
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Re<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> is a triennial publication produced for <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited by:<br />
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Photography: Thanks to Jacquetta Bell, Troy Dando and Tim Cuff for their photos in this issue.
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 3<br />
Open Day success<br />
Just on two and a half thousand people made the most of the<br />
opportunity to see what goes on behind the security fences at <strong>Port</strong><br />
<strong>Nelson</strong>’s open day in February.<br />
Chief Executive Martin Byrne said the day was a great success, with<br />
people commenting very favourably on the displays, which ranged<br />
from container handling to Customs’ drug dog demonstrations,<br />
and on the helpfulness of the port staff who were on hand to show<br />
people around. Martin said the day was made a success by such a<br />
large number of the <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> team turning out to assist.<br />
port news<br />
“It speaks volumes about the pride the team has in the port that<br />
so many people willingly gave up their Sunday to come along and<br />
show off what we do for the public,” Martin said. “There were a lot<br />
of very happy kids who’d had a turn behind the steering wheels<br />
of some big machinery – but also a lot of adults who’ve now got a<br />
much better appreciation of the role the port plays in the regional<br />
economy.”<br />
A gold coin entry donation was taken for the <strong>Nelson</strong> Regional<br />
Hospice. (Photos page 6)<br />
Abby Challenger (5) of <strong>Nelson</strong> is all smiles behind the wheel of a fork truck, with a<br />
fairy wand from Flossie the Balloon Lady.<br />
Environmental Officer Thomas Marchant gives a presentation on <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong>’s<br />
energy savings at a recent Sustainable Business seminar held in our visitor centre.<br />
Sustainable Business<br />
Network<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> has joined the Sustainable Business Network and<br />
has become a cornerstone sponsor of the regional branch,<br />
which is based at the <strong>Nelson</strong> Environment Centre. The network<br />
helps businesses succeed through becoming more sustainable,<br />
with networking opportunities, practical tools, training and<br />
sustainability assessments. Local co-ordinator Kirsty Quickfall<br />
says sustainable businesses are cost-efficient and productive,<br />
attract and retain loyal customers, and offer a great place to work.<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Environmental Officer, Thomas Marchant says the<br />
cornerstone sponsorship sits well with the PNL philosophy: “The<br />
integration of economic growth, social equity and environmental<br />
management has been a focus for <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Ltd for a long time<br />
and joining the Sustainable Business Network has formalised<br />
our commitment to sustainability, and will help us develop a<br />
framework to further improve our performance in these areas.”<br />
Find out more at www.sustainable.org.nz<br />
Apples away<br />
The first of the Maersk ‘extra-loaders’ called in mid-March. The Nedlloyd Maxima and<br />
the Maersk Jenaz are alternating on fortnightly visits throughout the apple export<br />
season, to handle the volume of fruit being shipped from <strong>Nelson</strong> to Europe.
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 4<br />
supPORTing our region<br />
Photo: Don PIttman<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong><br />
Haven Ahoy!<br />
The <strong>Nelson</strong> Provincial Museum drew over 13,000 people to the<br />
Haven Ahoy exhibition – giving them a realistic idea of what ship<br />
board life was like in 1842 for the early immigrants to <strong>Nelson</strong>. The<br />
exhibition was set out like a ship, with chooks clucking, sails creaking<br />
and interactive features such as the bunk where a whole family<br />
would have slept. Children from St Joseph’s Primary School were<br />
among many who donned period costume to get the feel of life in<br />
steerage on board the Clifford.<br />
For its first 140 days the exhibition followed the voyage of the<br />
Clifford as it sailed from Gravesend to <strong>Nelson</strong>. On Saturday 5 March,<br />
to mark the end of the voyage, a 45ft gaff-rigged replica French pilot<br />
cutter, the Steadfast (above), sailed into the harbour, met by a flotilla<br />
from the <strong>Nelson</strong> Yacht Club. On board the Steadfast was a family<br />
representing all the brave families that migrated from England. They<br />
were met at Wakefield Quay and travelled to the museum by horse<br />
and cart.<br />
On the beach<br />
Waitangi Day saw the sun shine and the volleyballs fly<br />
as the fifth <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Tasman Open Beach Volleyball<br />
championships drew the experts from around<br />
the Top of the South and their fans to Tahunanui.<br />
Organiser Allan Brodie says the event is always a<br />
really good day out at the beach.<br />
“We are delighted to have <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> involved and<br />
see it as a very good fit between the beach and<br />
water related activities,” he said.<br />
Sleight of Hand at the Suter<br />
Every two years The Suter steps beyond its role as a regional art<br />
gallery to put itself at the head of contemporary art practice in New<br />
Zealand with its biennale exhibition. We were proud to sponsor<br />
The <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Suter Biennale, which ran from 11 December<br />
to 27 February, featuring leading artists such as Sam Harrison,<br />
Julia Morison and Joe Sheehan. At the opening Trust Board Chair<br />
Craig Potton said the port company support for the Suter was<br />
appropriate: “Both organisations are owned by the citizens of <strong>Nelson</strong>,”<br />
he said. “While the port is a conduit for cargo, the Suter is a conduit<br />
for ideas.”<br />
The title Sleight of Hand for the exhibition referred to the range of<br />
illusory effects the artists had used in their work.<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Logistics Manager Digby Kynaston, his wife Vanessa, Suter director<br />
Julie Catchpole, <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> director Bronwyn Monopoli, and exhibition curator<br />
Anna-Marie White.<br />
Blokes Day Out<br />
The sun shone on this year’s Blokes<br />
Day Out, raced on 3 April over the<br />
familiar course in the Maitai Valley.<br />
Red and black were the colours of the<br />
day as people showed their support<br />
for Canterbury, including some<br />
who went the extra mile dressed as<br />
fairies or in sparkling morph suits.<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> turned out a sizeable<br />
team of runners and walkers. Overall<br />
line honours went to Jon Linyard,<br />
his first Blokes Day out title; and our<br />
first four home were Ian McDowell<br />
(46:38), Geoff Cross 48:04, John Hart<br />
48:46 and Thomas Marchant 49:07.<br />
Kauri Kids<br />
They ran the Kauri Trail up the Centre of New Zealand, climbed over<br />
the NBS inflatable obstacle course and crawled through the nets<br />
laid out by the <strong>Nelson</strong> Cadets, before heading to Riverside Pool to<br />
swim two lengths. It’s a whole lot of fun, keeps kids fit and active and<br />
provides reward for effort - all things we are right behind.<br />
Photo: ShutterSport
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 5<br />
Beacon Gets Planted<br />
The new approach beacon was successfully ‘planted’ in November by the workshop team. Finding the right day to install the beacon took<br />
a lot of factors to be in alignment - reasonable weather, the channel clear of vessels and the tides just right. After a long wait, a start was<br />
made but the day then deteriorated. However, under Workshop Supervisor Craig Terris’s leadership, the team persevered and got the beacon<br />
installed. Pilots and skippers are reporting positively on the new aid to entering the port.<br />
“It marks the exact start of the five metre contour where the channel ends and the shallows begin,” says Marine Operation Manager Dave<br />
Duncan. “This makes it an excellent reference for a practice called ‘parallel indexing’ on radar in restricted visibility, and it clearly marks the<br />
location where ships should start their turn onto the inner leads.”<br />
port progress<br />
Shiney, Big and New<br />
t<br />
In time for the apple season two new Hysters arrived in our<br />
cargo handling area. The Hyster 22.00XM empty container<br />
handler is capable of lifting two empties at a time and is able to<br />
stack to a height of seven containers, one higher than our other<br />
machines. It is powered by a Cummins 230HP engine. The Hyster<br />
52.00XM full container handler has a load capacity of 40,000kg,<br />
can lift four containers high and has a Cummins 300HP engine.<br />
Having a moment of pride with the new machines are Container Yard<br />
team members Wayne Limmer, Andy Farmer, Jason Manak (Hyster<br />
representative) and Graeme Kinzett.<br />
t<br />
Barge Gets Bigger<br />
Changes to Coastal Berth<br />
The sea shuttle Crusader made a successful start with its summer<br />
shuttle service from <strong>Nelson</strong> to the Abel Tasman National Park. To<br />
make access to charter vessels easier <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Ltd will be shifting<br />
the super yacht berth to the current location of the coastal berth,<br />
enabling use from both sides of the pontoon.<br />
The coastal barge took a summer holiday, coming out of the water in January for the short trip to Reliance Engineering just across the fence<br />
in Haven Road. The barge was towed to Main Wharf South where the two Liebherr cranes managed the lift, one of their biggest to date. This<br />
record was broken when the barge went back into the water in March, wider by an additional four metres, with a new non-skid deck and<br />
side rails. Engineer John Hart says the extra width is needed to service the new Strait Shipping vessel Santa Regina, which has replaced the<br />
Monte Stello on the <strong>Nelson</strong> to Wellington run. The vessel’s two ramps, one from each deck, cover the complete end of the barge.<br />
“The barge was originally constructed in three sections, so using the same design, Reliance fabricated another section that was added onto the<br />
side,” he said. “The project went well and we were back in the water three days ahead of our deadline, the Santa Regina’s first call on 12 March.”
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 6<br />
around the port...<br />
Above: Pam & Fred Stade and John & Willy Rae were<br />
impressed with Parke Pittar’s port tour. They commented<br />
that they hadn’t realised what a big operation the port<br />
was, and noted how things had changed since they<br />
used to visit the port in their younger days.<br />
Open Day <strong>2011</strong><br />
Left: The HMNZS<br />
Taupo was in port<br />
and added to the<br />
attractions of our<br />
open day.<br />
Sailors take on shore work<br />
Left: Debbie<br />
Baldick has been<br />
a Customs’ dog<br />
handler for four<br />
years. She and<br />
Jerry are based<br />
in Wellington<br />
covering the<br />
airport, post<br />
office, port<br />
and other<br />
places where<br />
illegal items<br />
may need<br />
sniffing out.<br />
Above: PNL Crane driver<br />
Matt McKay’s daughters<br />
Jazmin and Crystal find<br />
out more about Dad’s<br />
job at the open day.<br />
Left: Colouring<br />
Competition Riahannon<br />
Garnham, Tia Raumati,<br />
Thomas Stobie and<br />
Hunter Lines. Thomas<br />
won the prize for 'most<br />
creative' - the others were<br />
all age group winners.<br />
A summer visit by the inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Pukaki gave the crew an<br />
opportunity to get involved with some community work in <strong>Nelson</strong>. As well as<br />
holding a successful open day and doing fire training with emergency services,<br />
the ship sent out three work parties. One did some concreting and odd jobs at<br />
Victory School, another cleaned up the RSA plots at the Wakapuaka Cemetery<br />
and painted the Cross of Sacrifice, and a third spent the day tidying up the garden<br />
for an elderly lady. Commanding officer, Lieutenant Alexandra Hansen said it<br />
was a good opportunity for the crew to give something back and get a sense of<br />
achievement. Incidentally Lieutenant Hansen is the first woman commander of a<br />
Navy inshore patrol vessel.<br />
Luxury Visitors<br />
Several luxury motor yachts visited <strong>Nelson</strong> during<br />
this year’s superyacht season, including the largest<br />
superyacht built in New Zealand. At 58.4 metres the<br />
Kokomo III is the third and largest yacht of the same<br />
name, built by Auckland’s Alloy Yachts for the one<br />
client. Launched in early 2010, the Kokomo III sleeps<br />
12 guests in five cabins, all with ensuite, and is<br />
classed as one of the most significant luxury sailing<br />
yachts in the world. After a two day layover to pick<br />
up guests, the yacht left for a week’s cruising in the<br />
Marlborough Sounds.<br />
Ferry ’cross the<br />
Harbour<br />
A new bright red Haulashore Island ferry has joined<br />
the traffic in <strong>Nelson</strong> Haven. The Waka-to-n-fro carries<br />
more passengers than its predecessor and now also<br />
includes trips to The Cut and the historic lighthouse.<br />
Owner Bruce Robertson asked <strong>Nelson</strong> school<br />
children to come up with a name for the new ferry.<br />
He chose ten-year-old Rohan O’Neill-Stevens’ entry<br />
as he likes the way Waka-to-n-fro combines the<br />
Maori name for a boat with a humorous description<br />
of the ferry’s job.
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 7<br />
Trucking through the night<br />
No-one likes sitting and waiting in the five o’clock traffic build-up around Rocks Road, even more so when the vehicle represents a<br />
significant investment that should be earning money by making as many trips to the port each day as possible.<br />
Traffic delays drove a decision from <strong>Nelson</strong> Pine Industries’ trucking company Mytton Transport to seek the cooperation of NPI and <strong>Port</strong><br />
<strong>Nelson</strong> Ltd to increase night runs, and<br />
the new system is working well. Two<br />
trucks now do 20 loads overnight,<br />
between 7.30pm and 6am; with one<br />
truck still on daytime deliveries. At<br />
<strong>Nelson</strong> Pine, reduced truck movements<br />
through the despatch department have<br />
brought health and<br />
safety gains.<br />
...and beyond<br />
At <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> the change from receiving MDF 20 hours a day rather than 10 hours meant taking on extra staff with a split shift roster.<br />
“NPI is a valued customer so we were pleased to accommodate them,” says Logistics Supervisor Mark Smith. “The change gives us more<br />
flexibility during the daytime and with fewer trucks coming and going there is less congestion.”<br />
Three heads – one division<br />
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It’s not so long ago that TBS would be pulling in casuals for a busy day, while across the port, there was<br />
occasional spare capacity at QuayPack or the Container Yard. There’s still a need for casuals at TBS, but<br />
there’s now much more sharing of staff, plant and equipment across these three operations. Driving<br />
this along day-to-day are Grant Davis from the Container Yard, Jeremy Salton at QuayPack and Tim<br />
Loach at TBS. They say the staff sharing sits well with the weekly flow of work at the port.<br />
“At QuayPack work builds up as we get ready for the regular shipping calls over the weekend and on<br />
Mondays,” Jeremy explains, "early in the week we can often spare staff to help TBS work a vessel.”<br />
Grant notes that there are different skill sets to each job, with drivers needing to know the yard, the<br />
Jade software and the on-board computers; but says as people get familiar with these the sharing of<br />
staff gives everyone more stability and regular hours.<br />
“Getting together every morning for regular meetings is a big help in meeting the work flow with the<br />
right staff,” says Tim. “When we have two container ships in and a 'loggie' we get a lot of help from<br />
other areas to get the job done.”<br />
<strong>Port</strong> Logistics Manager Digby Kynaston says the three supervisory staff are doing a great job by<br />
working more closely together: “These are highly competent guys who are doing a very professional<br />
job by bringing the operational side of the port into one division, not only for the enhancement of<br />
the port but also for all our customers.”<br />
t<br />
Salt mines<br />
Since <strong>Port</strong> Marlborough doesn’t<br />
maintain a stevedoring workforce<br />
we have built up a relationship<br />
where TBS takes up that role<br />
on an ‘as needed’ basis. In early<br />
February this saw our team<br />
loading salt harvested from Lake<br />
Grassmere onto a bulk carrier for<br />
shipment to the Dominion Salt<br />
refinery at Mount Maunganui.<br />
Crews of four plus a supervisor<br />
used the Tiwai Point’s cranes on<br />
three 12 hour shifts to take the<br />
mountain of salt from the wharf<br />
into the hold of the bulk carrier.
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our port our people<br />
New man at the TBS helm<br />
With the retirement<br />
of long-serving TBS<br />
Manager Chris Shand,<br />
we now have Charlie<br />
Osmond managing our<br />
stevedoring business. He<br />
brings wide leadership in<br />
logistics based companies<br />
including a seafood<br />
wholesaler, an Australian<br />
transport company and<br />
Talley’s Fisheries. Charlie<br />
and his partner Catherine<br />
are pleased to be back<br />
home in <strong>Nelson</strong> from<br />
Australia, which for<br />
Charlie means getting<br />
into hunting, tramping,<br />
boating and rugby – if he<br />
can find the time.<br />
“Shipping is never constant so this job is always a challenge, but it’s<br />
made easier with a very good group of people who are dedicated to<br />
what they do,” Charlie says. “I’m hoping we can constantly improve<br />
the service we offer… my philosophy is that even if it ain’t broke -<br />
you can still make it better.”<br />
Rachel Taylor joined<br />
the HR Team at the end<br />
of February in the parttime<br />
role of Training<br />
Administrator. Rachel<br />
had been working as<br />
Production Manager<br />
at New Zealand King<br />
Salmon before taking<br />
time out to raise Madeline<br />
(3) and Emma (2). She has<br />
extensive experience in<br />
working with the NZQA<br />
training framework<br />
and will be developing<br />
training materials and<br />
working closely with the<br />
trainers to ensure that<br />
they have the support<br />
and resources they need,<br />
as we continue to put our<br />
operational training framework in place. Rachel keeps fit at the gym<br />
or on her mountain bike. Jim Lane will continue to work on further<br />
promoting a safety culture at the <strong>Port</strong>.<br />
WorkChoice Day<br />
Twenty college<br />
students got a feel<br />
for a career at the<br />
port on WorkChoice<br />
Day in late May.<br />
Martin Byrne kicked<br />
the day off with an<br />
introduction to what<br />
we do, Suzanne<br />
Thompson gave a<br />
run down on staff<br />
opportunities and<br />
other staff outlined their jobs and the training and qualifications<br />
they required. The students had a bus tour of the port, before<br />
breaking into smaller groups to visit different departments. They<br />
gave us some very positive feedback on what proved to be a great<br />
opportunity to showcase PNL as an employer.<br />
Anne Guyatt is the new part-time TBS Financial Administrator,<br />
coming to us from a role as Office Manager for TNL International.<br />
Anne and her husband Brent live in Atawhai with the youngest of<br />
their family, who attends <strong>Nelson</strong> College.<br />
Tim Loach worked as a casual Stevedoring Foreman before<br />
becoming Cargo Operations Supervisor. Originally from England,<br />
Tim and Anne and their three children have been in New Zealand for<br />
eight years, and live in Atawhai. Tim plays golf, enjoys fishing and is<br />
a swimming coach with <strong>Nelson</strong> South Club.<br />
Farewell to Amanda<br />
Shipping schedules are replaced with feeding times for Amanda<br />
Lockwood, pictured here with a basket of baby goodies, being<br />
farewelled by Parke Pittar and Wendy Lindbom. Amanda's baby,<br />
Elizabeth Jennifer, arrived on 3 May.<br />
Well done Pilot Dave<br />
When Dave Duncan joined us as Marine Opeartions<br />
Manager at the beginning of last year, one of the<br />
first things he did was begin training as a pilot.<br />
Dave had plenty of seagoing experience – as<br />
Master on the Aratere he held pilot exemptions<br />
for Picton and Wellington so it was a natural<br />
progression, given the nature of his role at <strong>Port</strong><br />
<strong>Nelson</strong>, for him to train as a shipping pilot.<br />
With trips to the Australian Maritime College<br />
in Launceston, many hours on the bridge of<br />
incoming and outgoing ships, learning the chart<br />
for <strong>Nelson</strong> ‘off by heart’, and a three hour oral<br />
exam, Dave is now qualified to pilot ships up to<br />
165m. With his certificate on the wall he has now<br />
embarked on completing his training to cover<br />
ships up to 225m.
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 9<br />
Lashings of Safety<br />
The term ‘lashing’ dates back to the use of ropes to stop sails<br />
flapping about on sailing ships. In the age of the container the<br />
nautical term remains, but is applied to the metal bars that hold<br />
containers in place.<br />
“Everyone who works a container vessel is involved with lashing<br />
and it’s one of the areas where we have a high accident rate,” says<br />
Stevedoring Supervisor Shane King. “To improve this we have run<br />
refresher training right across the stevedoring staff.”<br />
Shane explains bars are used to lash containers into place and<br />
secured with turn buckles. The main risk is bars falling on people’s<br />
heads, shoulders or arms, though there’s also a risk of people<br />
getting their fingers pinched.<br />
“The focus of the training was on accident prevention, with<br />
everyone now lashing the same way, which is also the safest way.”<br />
safe harbour<br />
Auditor impressed!<br />
The three yearly safety audit carried out by ACC has just been<br />
completed, with the excellent outcome that we retained our tertiary<br />
accreditation. The highest level of accreditation we can achieve<br />
under this framework. The audit determines the level of safety<br />
standards within the PNL workplace, with the auditor spending<br />
a day at the port, reviewing our documentation, observing work<br />
practices and holding focus groups with our Health and Safety<br />
reps and managers. He provided very positive feedback and was<br />
impressed with the recent initiatives undertaken in the safety area<br />
and the enthusiasm of the Health and Safety committee.<br />
Stevedoring Foreman Phil McCue demonstrates the safest way to lash a<br />
container in place.<br />
Training for heights<br />
If you’re working on top of a stack of containers, even the tiniest<br />
moment of inattention can be disastrous. Stevedores have been<br />
going through training for working at heights with Hamish Pirie<br />
from Gearshop. The training covered the care of safety equipment<br />
and how to use it to best effect. This included a redesigned safety<br />
cage that has had an upper half added to increase safety for crew<br />
loading or unloading Pacifica vessels.<br />
No place for drugs<br />
The PNL Drug and Alcohol Policy has been reviewed to include<br />
random drug testing and the ability to ‘self report’. After extensive<br />
consultation with staff the changes came in at the end of February,<br />
and were backed up with ‘Fit for Work’ workshops. HR Advisor<br />
Suzanne Thompson says the workshops focused on encouraging<br />
people to make the right daily decisions about whether they<br />
were ‘fit for work’ within our safety sensitive environment.<br />
“The training also focused on factors such as adequate sleep, drinking<br />
alcohol or suffering from its after effects and covered lifestyle<br />
issues for shift workers such as sleeping habits, diet and exercise.”<br />
Random drug testing is known to be a powerful deterrent for<br />
people contemplating drug or alcohol misuse in the workplace,<br />
and has a high probability of picking up chronic users who pose the<br />
greatest risk to safety. A key aspect of the revised Drug and Alcohol<br />
Policy is rehabilitation and support. Employees now have the ability<br />
to self report and seek assistance if they have concerns with their<br />
drug or alcohol use.<br />
Harbour Master’s report<br />
Dave Duncan reports his first full summer in this role has seen<br />
closer ties forged between <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> and the City Council, Civil<br />
Defence, the Police, Coastguard and Search and Rescue, with<br />
Dave now one of the coordinators for the marine side of SAR.<br />
“Our three launch wardens worked tirelessly over the summer,<br />
mainly in an educational role, and were very positively received<br />
by the public,” Dave says. “However we have seen some very silly<br />
incidents where people have been lucky not to lose their lives,<br />
and we will soon be issuing infringement notices as a deterrent to<br />
dangerous boating.”<br />
Staff are lifted to the top of a<br />
container stack for training on<br />
working at heights.<br />
Inset: TBS foremen Jeremy Diskin<br />
and Kerry Downer get to grips<br />
with the improved safety cage.<br />
Keeping Safe<br />
We welcome any suggestions or information to make <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> a safer working environment.<br />
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<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 10<br />
meet the client<br />
Yealands Estate Winery<br />
Few wineries in New Zealand can list plastic bottles, baby-doll sheep and<br />
guinea pigs as part of their operating history.<br />
These are just some of the innovations<br />
at Marlborough’s Yealands Estate Winery,<br />
although Marketing Assistant Hayley<br />
McCairns says using guinea pigs to keep<br />
the grass down between the long rows of<br />
grapes was short-lived, as the fluffy rodents<br />
were picked off by hawks. Undeterred,<br />
owner and founder, Peter Yealands<br />
imported a ancient breed of miniature<br />
baby-doll sheep to eat the grass without<br />
damaging the vines. Hayley says the ‘lawn<br />
mowers’ at the estate are an example of a wider philosophy of<br />
environmental sustainability.<br />
Yealands Estate Winery was established by Peter and Vai Yealands<br />
in 2002, and at over 1000 hectares is New Zealand’s largest private<br />
family vineyard.<br />
“Peter sees himself as a sculptor of the land - taking the ridges and<br />
gullies and creating smooth contours,” Hayley says. “He used GPS<br />
technology to plant grapes, in even rows stretching north to south.”<br />
Grapes were planted in four areas: the hilly terraced Seaview<br />
and Flaxbourne vineyards, and Grovetown and Riverland on<br />
marshland that was drained, leaving the surrounding wetlands<br />
and wildlife intact. The high sunshine, wind, cool nights and low<br />
rainfall of Marlborough present challenges, but result in unique fruit<br />
characteristics with very intense flavours.<br />
‘An ideas man’<br />
Peter Yealands is not your run-of-the-mill winery owner. He admits<br />
he’s not driven by money, he’s an ideas man who is breaking new<br />
ground on sustainability in wineries. The grass grazing sheep are<br />
not just cute, they’re an alternative to pesticides or tractor mowing,<br />
potentially saving over $1.3 million a year in diesel use and spraying.<br />
There are also solar panels and wind turbines to help provide power,<br />
recycled glass and cardboard is used in the packaging, heat energy<br />
from refrigeration is recovered and recycled,<br />
grape leaves and stalks are composted for<br />
vine mulch, rainwater is harvested and<br />
on-site wastewater is treated and reused.<br />
As a result of these measures Yealands has<br />
been awarded carboNZeroCert status -<br />
one of the very first carbonzero enterprises<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
Export lead<br />
Yealands export 90 percent of their branded wine. It is bottled<br />
at Wineworks Marlborough and then transported to <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong><br />
in containers for a range of export markets. Wine is also shipped<br />
from the winery in tanks for bottling overseas. Although Yealands<br />
exports to about eighteen countries, wine shipped from <strong>Port</strong><br />
<strong>Nelson</strong> is usually bound for Australia. Last year, Yealands shipped<br />
around 50 containers through <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong>, this year they are<br />
looking to increase that to 60 to 80 containers. Hayley says<br />
transporting their wine by sea fits well with the winery’s drive<br />
for sustainability.<br />
“There are only two ways to ship wine across the world, by air or by<br />
sea. We can transport a lot more wine at one time by sea, and we can<br />
ship to our different distributors in the country of import,” she says.<br />
“It does take a bit of coordinating and getting the timings to match,<br />
but the freight forwarders do a good job arranging the shipments,<br />
and it’s a more economical way of shipping for everyone involved.”<br />
What’s that tune?<br />
Never short of innovative ideas, Peter Yealands told the sustainable<br />
living website ‘Good’ that he is looking at playing music to his vines.<br />
He’s not sure how the grapes will respond to music, but he’s been<br />
looking in to the technology that sends sound down a laser. He also<br />
adds that his wife thinks he’s mad and says she’ll leave him if he does<br />
start playing music to his vines!
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Noise Management Plan in Place<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong>'s long-term commitment to the management of noise is now set out in the <strong>Port</strong> Noise Management Plan. This sits alongside the<br />
Noise Mitigation Plan that lays out the port’s obligations to residents under the terms of the <strong>Port</strong> Noise Variation. Both plans have now been<br />
ratified by the Noise Liaison Committee and the <strong>Nelson</strong> City Council, and can be viewed at the council or on our website. Environmental<br />
Officer Thomas Marchant says meeting the objectives of the Noise Management Plan is now part of all port operations: “Noise minimisation<br />
is now embedded in our staff training, it is considered at regular staff meetings, it’s taken into account when we are buying new plant… it is<br />
part of everything we do here.”<br />
environment update<br />
Calling new members<br />
A big thank you to Sue Thomas, Albert Hutterd and Bruce<br />
Robertson, the three residents’ reps on the <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Noise<br />
Liaison Committee. Over the last two years they have worked as<br />
the contact point between the port company and residents, as the<br />
measures of the <strong>Port</strong> Noise Variation have been put in place. Albert<br />
Hutterd and Bruce Robertson are now joined on the committee by<br />
the new residents' rep Raewyn Newnham.<br />
ISO update<br />
Our environmental measures<br />
came under close scrutiny<br />
in March in our annual ISO<br />
14001 audit. Alex Daniel<br />
(far left) from Verification<br />
New Zealand spent a day<br />
with Environmental Officer<br />
Thomas Marchant, checking<br />
out everything from training<br />
manuals to log yard dust<br />
control. Alex was impressed<br />
with what he saw.<br />
“<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> has good systems<br />
in place and these are well<br />
maintained,” he said. “The<br />
environmental standards are<br />
also evolving according to<br />
the organisation’s needs.”<br />
The report from the auditor suggested that we shift our focus from<br />
auditing the Codes of Practice to create and implement a systemwide<br />
internal audit schedule, and that we update and review the<br />
relevance of the environmental objectives and targets that we have<br />
in place. <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> remains the only ISO 14001 accredited port<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
Hush glass, anyone?<br />
It’s now the turn of Stage 3 residents, those on the outer limits of the<br />
Noise Contour Map, to be offered assistance with noise mitigation.<br />
The terms of the Noise Variation entitle them to request technical<br />
advice and be considered via recommendation from the Noise<br />
Liaison Committee for financial assistance with acoustic treatment<br />
of their homes. Property owners in the Stage 3 zone have recently<br />
been sent a letter from the port company outlining this process.<br />
Environment Committee<br />
If you were born in 1994 you’d be leaving school and heading out<br />
into the big world. Our Environmental Consultation Committee<br />
dates back 17 years too, and has also come of age in its own way.<br />
With port noise issues now handled by its own committee, the<br />
Environment Committee can take a wider focus as an information<br />
sharing group with an interest in what goes on at the port. The<br />
committee meets quarterly, and at its first meeting for this year,<br />
held in March, the guest speaker was long serving member Paul<br />
Sheldon from the <strong>Nelson</strong> City Council. Paul gave a presentation<br />
on the council’s new State of the Environment Report, covering air<br />
quality, fresh water, biodiversity, the marine environment and the<br />
iwi perspective.<br />
The star in the report<br />
is air quality, where<br />
there has been a steady<br />
improvement since<br />
restrictions were imposed<br />
on backyard burning,<br />
open fires and older log<br />
burners. The council is<br />
now moving to a ‘report<br />
card’ system that will<br />
give more immediacy<br />
to the information in its<br />
reports.<br />
Re<strong>Port</strong> is Green<br />
<strong>Nelson</strong> has come a long way on air quality<br />
since this photo was taken in July 2001.<br />
In line with our environmental policies Re<strong>Port</strong> uses elemental chlorine free paper produced from<br />
sustainably managed forests. Re<strong>Port</strong> is printed with vegetable based inks.
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong> Limited report. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>. Page 12<br />
looking back<br />
Bully Hayes bought the two masted<br />
sailing ship Black Diamond in<br />
Sydney in 1864, to carry coal from<br />
Newcastle to <strong>Nelson</strong>. At least<br />
this was the story he told<br />
the Sydney merchant who<br />
gave him a mortgage on<br />
the ship. Hayes met a<br />
cyclone on his first trip,<br />
and docked in Auckland<br />
to have the ship repaired,<br />
later slipping out of the<br />
harbour without paying<br />
his debts for repairs<br />
and supplies.<br />
He set sail for <strong>Nelson</strong> and put<br />
in at Croiselles for three weeks<br />
while the crew caulked seams<br />
and loaded a cargo of firewood.<br />
While there, Hayes borrowed a large<br />
yacht that capsized and sank in a sudden<br />
squall, drowning his wife and baby, her brother<br />
and a servant girl. This tragedy publicised the<br />
whereabouts of the Black Diamond, and the<br />
mortgagee in Sydney instructed his agents in<br />
<strong>Nelson</strong> to seize the ship and sell her.<br />
Ship chandler and engineer William Akersten ‘a<br />
small man who was not afraid to undertake big<br />
jobs’ took on the task. With five special constables<br />
he had a whale-boat towed to Croiselles Harbour<br />
and rowed alongside the Black Diamond under<br />
cover of darkness. Hayes was confronted but<br />
wouldn’t pay up. He dared the party to seize the<br />
ship, but Akersten simply ordered his men to<br />
man the windlass, i.e pull up the anchor.<br />
The Black Diamond sailed into <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Nelson</strong><br />
where court actions were brought against<br />
Hayes and the ship was auctioned, passed<br />
in and later sold to John Kerr (of the family<br />
that set up the Lake Station run at St Arnaud).<br />
Kerr used the Black Diamond to import beef<br />
cattle from Taranaki to supply the markets<br />
in <strong>Nelson</strong> and on the West Coast goldfields,<br />
A Pirate’s Tale<br />
Ar me hearties – this be the tale of <strong>Nelson</strong>’s connection with the famous pirate of the South Seas,<br />
Bully Hayes. Named for the way he treated his crew, Captain William Hayes caused a sensation in the<br />
tiny settlement of <strong>Nelson</strong> in the 1860s when his brigantine Black Diamond was seized at Croiselles<br />
Harbour and subsequently sold from her anchorage near the foot of Russell Street.<br />
but on a trip to Wanganui with a<br />
load of timber from Havelock<br />
she beached and was lost in<br />
a storm.<br />
Before the <strong>Nelson</strong> incident<br />
Hayes had been involved<br />
in several audacious<br />
maritime frauds from<br />
Fremantle to San<br />
Francisco. After leaving<br />
<strong>Nelson</strong> he sailed New<br />
Zealand waters in<br />
various craft obtained<br />
by fraud and deception,<br />
until in May 1866 he<br />
bought the Rona and, with<br />
another wife and children<br />
on board, became a South<br />
Sea trader and blackbirder,<br />
kidnapping Pacific islanders to<br />
work on Queensland and Fijian sugar<br />
plantations. When this ship was lost he joined an<br />
American blackbirder, Ben Pease, in the Pioneer,<br />
which later returned to Samoa as the Leonora<br />
with Hayes in command. In January 1874 Louis<br />
Becke joined the Leonora in the Marshall Islands<br />
and for several months cruised with Hayes, later<br />
writing of his adventures in South Sea Tales and<br />
ensuring Bully Hayes’ name would live on. Hayes<br />
continued in his dodgy ways until April 1877<br />
when he was killed in a fight with a sailor on<br />
board a yacht. His body was cast overboard and<br />
his murderer never brought to justice.<br />
Notorious in every Pacific port, Hayes became<br />
a legendary figure, first in Rolf Boldrewood’s A<br />
Modern Buccaneer (1894), based on a Louis Becke<br />
manuscript, and later as a principal character<br />
in many of Becke’s own Tales of the South Seas.<br />
Although uneducated, Hayes was resourceful,<br />
plausible and was a rogue in the grand manner.<br />
Sources: The Black Diamond, J. N. W. Newport, Journal<br />
of the <strong>Nelson</strong> Historical Society Volume 3, Issue 3,<br />
September 1977; Australian Dictionary of Biography<br />
On-line.<br />
OUR NEW CRANE<br />
(continued from page one)<br />
The first LHM 400 was bought in 1996, followed by a second in 2000.<br />
The two older cranes will be retained to guarantee continuity of<br />
service during maintenance.<br />
PNL CEO Martin Byrne said the $6million cost of the new crane made it<br />
a significant investment for a regional port: “The purchase of the new<br />
crane demonstrates the commitment the company has to ensuring we<br />
invest in sufficient infrastructure and plant to meet the ongoing needs<br />
of our customers, and in turn the economic health of the region.”<br />
PNL customers endorsed the purchase, with Steve Chapman, the<br />
General Manager of Pacifica Shipping telling the <strong>Nelson</strong> Mail the<br />
new crane would lift transport productivity and benefit the region’s<br />
exporters and importers.<br />
“Providing the <strong>Nelson</strong> region with more capacity and offering more<br />
shipping options can only be good for manufacturers and producers<br />
seeking timely and cost-effective transport options, not just for local<br />
markets but global markets as well,” he said.<br />
The Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour crane is larger than the existing<br />
cranes, which should give it a longer life with reduced maintenance.<br />
Infrastructure Manager Matt McDonald says the crane has the same<br />
lifting capacity of 104 tonnes, due to the winch arrangements.<br />
The new crane features a number of technology changes and<br />
improvements over the two LHM 400 cranes and is powered by a<br />
MAN engine compared to the existing Mercedes engines.