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Support builds for coastal shipping

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The Rangitata container ship loads up at Eastland Port as part of a three-month coastal shipping arrangement set up after the closure of State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa due to Cyclone Gabrielle. There is support for a permanent coastal service between Gisborne and other regions. Picture by Liam Clayton

The Maritime Union of New Zealand is the latest to back the permanent return of a “blue highway” linking Gisborne and other regions by sea.

The temporary coastal service between Gisborne and Napier earlier this year was “proof of concept” for how New Zealand coastal shipping could work for the regions, the union’s national secretary,

Craig Harrison, said.

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