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Covid-19: 18 cases detected at NZ border, 13 on fishing vessel Tue, 13 Jul 2021, 1:23PM Thirteen more crew members on the Viking Bay have tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo / Mark Mitchell) Covid-19: 18 cases detected at NZ border, 13 on fishing vessel Tue, 13 Jul 2021, 1:23PM Eighteen new cases of Covid-19 have been detected at New Zealand s border - including 13 mariners from the Viking Bay fishing vessel. There are no new cases in the community. The 15 positive Viking Bay crew members, which included the two people who tested positive last week, are all in a quarantine facility in Wellington. Five Covid-negative crew members are still aboard the vessel and would be subject to additional testing in the coming days. ....
ANDY JACKSON/Stuff The fishing vessel arrived at Port Taranaki just after 9am on Tuesday. Port Taranaki chief executive Guy Roper said it was expected the Playa Zahara would be in port for no more than four hours. The vessel left about 2.25pm, about one hour later than expectations. ANDY JACKSON/Stuff The Playa Zahara left Port Taranaki about 2.25pm on Tuesday, approximately five hours after it arrived. If the results show there is no evidence of Covid-19 onboard, then the vessel will be granted permission to return to the port for a crew change, Taranaki’s medical officer of health, Dr Jonathan Jarman said. ....
A $2m interim dividend has been approved for the 2021 year. Roper praised the port staff and users’ professionalism during the onset of the coronavirus. “Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of ports in the supply chain, and their criticality in keeping New Zealand business and industry moving,” Roper said. “As border-facing facilities, ports have been required to implement strict health and safety measures, including regular Covid-19 testing.” Roper said the half-year result was “pleasing”, with the largest trade – bulk liquids – down 16 per cent, or 311,000 tonnes, caused by a 20 per cent reduction in methanol trade from the previous half year, and an 11 per cent drop in crude oil. ....