In an effort to lure people off the cruise ships and into
Port Chalmers, passengers will be offered free Wi-Fi in the
township when the cruise ship season starts next Sunday.
Port Otago may yet be able to claw back the handling of some
of tens of thousands of containers it lost when global
shipping giant Maersk quit a transtasman route in May last
year.
The Chalmers community board wants a commitment from the
Dunedin City Council to replace the century-old Aramoana
wharf before any decision is made to demolish the rotting
structure.
Holding a ship's wheel, Port Chalmers Historical Society
president Norman Ledgerwood is preparing for the Port
Chalmers Maritime Museum's $150,000 upgrade.
An array of transport options,
including rail, bus and not one, but two harbour launches
will ferry thousands of people expected at the Port Chalmers
Seafood Festival on Saturday.
After being absent from the port for four years, it was
announced last week that CMA CGM vessels would be calling
here again. A new Anzex service that will eventually be
weekly and employ seven vessels operating from the hub port
of Port Kelang will begin with the sailing of Anglia.