Kotahi, New Zealand’s largest containerised freight manager and A.P. Moller–Maersk (Maersk), a global integrated logistics company, have signed a second long-term freight agreement to December 2034, providing New Zealand international trade with a stable, resilient and sustainable global supply chain, for primary industry exporters.
Global supply chain disruptions, from pandemic to geopolitical and climatic events, are becoming the norm. An ongoing freight partnership with Maersk will provide New Zealand’s international trade with resilience and agility to navigate these issues into the future.
“The magnitude of this agreement is big, even by global standards, with an estimated NZ$160 billion value of primary export products given greater certainty and capability around delivery to market. The long-term agreement provides our shareholders and exporters on our platform with a backbone shipping network for reliable services to key export locations. During the peak of the COVID-19 disruption, Maersk was the standout carrier in bringing additional vessel capacity and containers to New Zealand, which grew the capacity pie for the whole export market. This is an exciting partnership with Maersk. It enabled New Zealand exporters to stay competitive on the world stage, and we look forward to the next ten years,” said David Ross, Chief Executive of Kotahi.
A decade ago, Kotahi and Maersk embarked on a ground-breaking collaboration to provide greater reliability to New Zealand ocean logistics, focusing on the needs of New Zealand exporters.
Ten years later, the results are in. Together, the partnership has shipped 1.8 million TEUs or 23 million tonnes of New Zealand cargo to market, the majority of which are primary industry exports, including dairy, meat, seafood, horticulture, and forestry, through some challenging conditions.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with Kotahi, reaffirming our commitment to supporting New Zealand’s international trade and ensuring the resilience of its supply chains. Over the past decade, our collaboration has been instrumental in providing reliable and efficient ocean logistics solutions for New Zealand exporters, and we anticipate sustaining this momentum and further advancing our shared objectives in the years ahead,” said Vincent Clerc, CEO of A.P. Moller-Maersk.
With Maersk’s carrier network, Kotahi managed Fonterra’s record export shipments without using more expensive, non-containerised freight options. The collaborative partnership was also able to help many export customers get their products into markets when they had no other options.
Anna Palairet, Chief Operating Officer at Fonterra, New Zealand’s largest exporter of dairy products, welcomes the deal, saying it is great news for New Zealand: “Despite significant pressure on global supply chains over the past few years, Fonterra and many other New Zealand companies, have been able to keep products moving. We look forward to seeing what this next decade of partnership between Kotahi and Maersk brings.”
Having recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art cold-store facility in Ruakura, Maersk is dedicated to furthering support by investing in local infrastructure and fostering collaboration with customers in the country. Through its continued partnership with Kotahi, Maersk demonstrates its long-term commitment, and the collaboration is expected to bring New Zealand’s supply chain to the next level through integrated logistics solutions, technology-enabled logistics, and sustainability.
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