Electric barges mooted to remove trucks from Auckland’s CBD
An overseas-backed venture wants to radically shift how freight is moved around Auckland city, but it’s being met with scepticism by those in the game.
What's at stake: SeaLogistics is after public money to fund a cost-benefit analysis into the prospect of transporting freight by electric barge, rather than truck, around Auckland.
Background: A plan to transport cargo from Port of Auckland to East Tamaki by electric barge, in a bid to remove congestion in Auckland city and reduce carbon emissions.
Key players: SeaLogistics, Simon Jones, SeaTransport, Ports of Auckland, Roger Gray, Customer Brokers and Freight Forwarders, Sherelle Kennedy, Transporting NZ, Dom Kalasih, Mike Lee, Auckland Council, Auckland Transport.
An overseas-backed venture is going public with its proposal to build electric barges which could ferry inbound freight from Port of Auckland to East Tāmaki in a bid to reduce the number of trucks in the inner city.
It says the move will not only reduce congestion and the damage trucks cause to the
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What's at stake: SeaLogistics is after public money to fund a cost-benefit analysis into the prospect of transporting freight by electric barge, rather than truck, around Auckland.
Background: A plan to transport cargo from Port of Auckland to East Tamaki by electric barge, in a bid to remove congestion in Auckland city and reduce carbon emissions.
Key players: SeaLogistics, Simon Jones, SeaTransport, Ports of Auckland, Roger Gray, Customer Brokers and Freight Forwarders, Sherelle Kennedy, Transporting NZ, Dom Kalasih, Mike Lee, Auckland Council, Auckland Transport.
