- Port Authority & Service Vessels

51. WAKATERE - Ports of Auckland's most recent fleet addition, to date, accompanies Ponant's LE SOLEAL out of harbour as the cruiseship departs for Sydney, Australia. Wakatere is the first foil assisted...
Date: 9 February 2016
Image ID 10361

52. WYUNA (1953/1313grt/IMO 5393907) the Scottish-built former Port Phillip pilot cutter seen lifted by the synchrolift at Launceston, Tasmania. She was sold by the Australian Maritime College to unknown...
Date: 8 August 2007
Image ID 10256

53. RESCUE ALPHA (TRILLIAN RESCUE ALPHA) - a 9.5m Naiad one of a fleet of three fast RHIB's operated by the Auckland Coastguard out of their base at the Marine Rescue Centre at Mechanics Bay on the...
Date: 16 August 2015
Image ID 10192

54. LOS 121 - Pilot launch, Tromsö Fjord, Norway.
Date: 22 March 2015
Image ID 10081

55. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, completes the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. In the background are two former Auckland Harbour Board pilot...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9956

56. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, she is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish. The second...
Date: 23 December 2014
Image ID 9884

57. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, she is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish. The second...
Date: 23 December 2014
Image ID 9883

58. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug, passing Fergusson Container Terminal, arrives in Auckland from the Damen shipyard in Changde, China. She is accompanied into...
Date: 18 August 2014
Image ID 9661

59. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arrives in Auckland direct from her builders. She is escorted into port by the pilot launch AKARANA while the...
Date: 18 August 2014
Image ID 9660

60. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in...
Date: 18 August 2014
Image ID 9654

61. CAPE BYRON (2014/713grt/IMO 9684562) - in bound to Melbourne off Portsea. Built at Austal Shipyard, Henderson, West Australia, she was commissioned 19th May 2014. She is named after the Eastern most...
Date: 23 July 2014
Image ID 9640

62. HARBOURMASTER 2 - one of two high speed RHIB's used to patrol Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 9621

63. ACHERON - a Ports of Auckland survey vessel at work off Devonport in the Waitemata Harbour. More details page 11 here:...
Date: 29 May 2014
Image ID 9589

64. HOEGH AFRICA (2004/57718grt/21214dwt/IMO 9277814, ex-HUAL AFRICA) arrives in Auckland from Melbourne, Australia while the crew of a NZ Customs makes its way up harbour.
Date: 8 April 2014
Image ID 9527

65. AMADEA (1991/28856grt/IMO 8913162, ex-ASUKA) outbound from Auckland on a grey summer evening, en-route to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. LION FOUNDATION RESCUE (Auckland Coastguard launch) passes...
Date: 13 Febraury 2014
Image ID 9440

66. EUROPA (Holland) accompanied by an Auckland Coastguard rescue vessel. The NZ flat-bottomed scow TED ASHBY is in the distance.
Date: 28 October 2013
Image ID 9265

67. EUROPA (Holland) accompanied by an Auckland Coastguard rescue vessel. The NZ flat-bottomed scow TED ASHBY is in the distance.
Date: 28 October 2013
Image ID 9264

68. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, this newly launched vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating...
Date: 22 September 2013
Image ID 9158

69. LAURA MAERSK (2001/50688grt/63200dwt/IMO 9190731. Renamed LOUIS MAERSK in 2023) - the fourth of five vessels to operate Maersk's Southern Star service, departs Auckland bound fro Lyttelton following...
Date: 8 August 2013
Image ID 9097

70. HAUTURU (Maori: Little Barrier) - The New Zealand Department of Conservation vessel used for transporting DOC personell and equipment between Auckland and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 17 July 2013
Image ID 9037

71. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, this newly launched vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating...
Date: 6 May 2013
Image ID 8914

72. AUCKLAND HARBOURMASTER - patrols the Waitemata Harbour on a typical weekend which sees commercial shipping sharing the waters with multitudes of recreational fishing dinghies, yachts, powerboats,...
Date: 14 April 2013
Image ID 8839

73. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, inbound to her regular berth after picking up a pilot from an outbound vessel.
Date: 23 February 2013
Image ID 8705

74. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, inbound to her regular berth after picking up a pilot from an outbound vessel.
Date: 23 February 2013
Image ID 8704

75. JET RAIDER (1990, Fullers Ferries) off Devonport, inbound from Waiheke Island to the downtown ferry basin in downtown Auckland, NZ. Passing astern is the Ports of Auckland pilot launch AKARANA.
Date: 7 February 2013
Image ID 8667

76. DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) crosses the finish line of the of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. The race committee boat AKARANA (built 1960) is in the background. AKARANA is a former...
Date: 28 January 2013
Image ID 8618

77. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored to her original condition, officially fired the starting gun for the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race.
Date: 28 January 2013
Image ID 8587

78. AKARANA - Ports of Auckland pilot launch accompanies Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior into Auckland from the Hauraki Gulf. Astern is a Waveney-class lifeboat, now a privately-owned vessel based in...
Date: 11 January 2013
Image ID 8523

79. A pilot launch seen outbound into The Solent from Gosport, England. In the background are the iron-clad warship HMS. WARRIOR (1860) and the Portsmouth-Isle of Wight ferry ST. CATHERINE (renamed GB...
Date: 1999
Image ID 8517

80. CHODZIEZ (1988/15414grt/IMO 8302301. Renamed DIVIO), in The Solent inbound to Southampton, England takes the pilot aboard.
Date: January 2000
Image ID 8516

81. David and Goliath: THE PHIL WARREN, named in honour of a former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, this little vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from...
Date: 28 November 2012
Image ID 8388

82. DEODAR III - the 18.5 metre Auckland police leaves Aucklands' Viaduct Basin to return to her Mechanics Bay berth. The Viaduct Basin provides berthage for many local and visiting superyachts.
Date: 29 October 2012
Image ID 8257

83. DEODAR III - the 18.5 metre Auckland police launch patrols Aucklands' Viaduct Basin which provides berthage for many local and visiting superyachts. Commissioned on 15 December 2007, the NZ$2.8million...
Date: 29 October 2012
Image ID 8256

84. PATRICIA (1982/2639grt/IMO 8003632) a buoy/lighthouse vessel operated by Trinity House, flies the Royal Standard as she passes P&O Cruises' AZURA (2010/115055grt/IMO 9424883) at Southampton. Princess...
Date: 3 July 2012
Image ID 8072

85. AKUNA IV - AN 18m pilot boat built for the Port Phillip Sea Pilots (PPSP), Victoria, Australia. Note the wave-piercing bow.
Date: 23 June 2012
Image ID 8038

86. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch leaving Viaduct Harbour after putting a pilot aboard a superyacht prior to departure. AKARANA is the second Auckland pilot vessel to carry the name.
Date: 22 May 2012
Image ID 8020

87. AVERITY (1981/1144grt/IMO 8024870. Renamed PANAGIA KANNALA then SMARAGDI in 2009) inbound to Southampton, England as the pilot launch pulls away after boarding the pilot.
Date: August 1996
Image ID 7768

88. THE PHIL WARREN - named in honour of a former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, this little vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish.
Date: 13 February 2012
Image ID 7673

89. THE PHIL WARREN - named in honour of a former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, this little vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish.
Date: 13 February 2012
Image ID 7672

90. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored, waits for passingtraffic to clear before approaching the Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum berth at Hobson Wharf,...
Date: 30 JAnuary 2012
Image ID 7606

91. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored to her original condition, officially fired the starting gun for the 2012 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race.
Date: 30 January 2012
Image ID 7535

92. EMPRESS DOCK in Southamptons' eastern docks, is home to an assortment of vessels including tugs, bunkering tankers, pilot and Harbourmaster launches, numerous types of visiting small vessels and the...
Date: 1998
Image ID 7163

93. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, outbound to take the pilot off an outbound vessel.
Date: 21 October 2011
Image ID 7142

94. PROTECTOR - Harbourmasters/Southampton Patrol launch, Southampton in thick fog passes close in along the western docks.
Date: 1997
Image ID 7104

95. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, outbound to take the pilot off an outbound vessel.
Date: 30 September 2011
Image ID 7035

96. LA LOIRE (1995/58531grt/IMO 9110042. Renamed MOL LOIRE, APL NINGBO) takes aboard a heavy generator from the Port of Southamptons' floating crane CANUTE.
Date: JULY 1999
Image ID 6746

97. THE PHIL WARREN - named in honour of a former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, this little vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish.
Date: 4 October 2010
Image ID 6513

98. TAIKEHU - a Department of Conservation-operated RHIB seen here outbound from Auckland for the islands of the nearby Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 26 July 2010
Image ID 6354

99. DEODAR III - the main Auckland water police launch on patrol with WAITANGI (A6) a gaff cutter of 1894 racing during the 2010 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta.
Date: 1 February 2010
Image ID 5998

100. DEODAR III - the principal Auckland water police launch patrols with the Bermudan cutter of 1905 RAWHITI (A2) racing during the 2010 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta.
Date: 1 February 2010
Image ID 5997

101. HARBOURMASTER 2 - Auckland harbourmaster.
Date: 1 February 2010
Image ID 5994