1. A heavily laden GSL KITHIRA (2009/IMO 9407885/52726gt/65937dwt/5301 TEU/ ex-BERNADETTE, CHOAPA TRADER, CSAV RIO DE JANEIRO, MEDONDRA), piloted by my friend, Auckland pilot Peter Willyams, arrived in... Date: 2 July 2025 Image ID 14007
2. A heavily laden GSL KITHIRA (2009/IMO 9407885/52726gt/65937dwt/5301 TEU/ ex-BERNADETTE, CHOAPA TRADER, CSAV RIO DE JANEIRO, MEDONDRA), piloted by my friend, Auckland pilot Peter Willyams, arrived in... Date: 2 July 2025 Image ID 14006
3. Built in 2011as BREVIK BRIDGE by Samsung Heavy Industries of S. Korea, SEASPAN KYOTO (46444grt/58430dwt/4528TEU/IMO 9492696. Renamed SEASPAN KYOTO in 2021) sails for Lyttelton following her maiden... Date: 29 May 2025 Image ID 13960
4. Stanaway Marine's 14.5m tug ORETI passes Devonport Wharf, Auckland. She has a 4.6t bollard pull. Date: 8 May 2025 Image ID 13947
5. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - blowing her top during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13857
6. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world... Date: 23 February 2025 Image ID 13856
7. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world... Date: 23 February 2025 Image ID 13855
8. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) heads the tugs KORAKI (right) and CHRISTINE MARY on the last leg of the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13778
9. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3 year-old EV tug, displays her water monitors following her participation in the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13773
10. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3yr-old EV tug displays her agility and power as she pirouettes 360º while racing alongside RONAKI in the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug... Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13772
11. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3yr-old EV tug displays her agility and power as she pirouettes 360º while racing ahead of RONAKI and CHRISTINE MARY in the 2025 Auckland... Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13771
12. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3yr-old EV tug comes up on the stern of the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13770
13. SPARKY the full-size, ship handling EV tug chases down CHRISTINE MARY during the 2025 Anniversary Day regatta tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13769
14. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) the full-size ship handling EV tug closes in on RONAKI as they round the bottom mark during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13768
15. CHRISTINE MARY (1998/122grt/IMO 9192301, ex-QS MAPLE) at speed heads for the bottom mark during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13767
16. AZAMARA PURSUIT (2001 / IMO 9210220 / 30277gt / 2700dwt / ex-ADONIA, ROYAL PRINCESS, MINERVA II, R EIGHT) departing Auckland at the culmination of her maiden call under gloomy summer skies assisted by... Date: 20 January 2025 Image ID 13759
17. AZAMARA PURSUIT (2001 / IMO 9210220 / 30277gt / 2700dwt / ex-ADONIA, ROYAL PRINCESS, MINERVA II, R EIGHT) departing Auckland at the culmination of her maiden call under gloomy summer skies assisted by... Date: 20 January 2025 Image ID 13758
18. AZAMARA PURSUIT (2001 / IMO 9210220 / 30277gt / 2700dwt / ex-ADONIA, ROYAL PRINCESS, MINERVA II, R EIGHT) departing Auckland at the culmination of her maiden call under gloomy summer skies assisted by... Date: 20 January 2025 Image ID 13757
19. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Port of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug, seen here at work escorting a bulk carrier as she sails from the Chelsea Sugar... Date: 21 December 2024 Image ID 13687
20. KAIANA (2024/198gt) a new build tug arrives into Auckland during her delivery voyage to Port Marlborough.
Built by Damen in Changde, China, the 21m ASD 2111 (Azimuth Stern Drive) tug has a bollard... Date: 10 July 2024 Image ID 13559
21. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, she is seen with passengers viewing the departure of STAR PRINCESS (2002/108977grt/IMO 9192363.... Date: December 2003 Image ID 13555
22. NEPTUNE (2012/20867gt/32318dwt/IMO 9640413/ex-NEWLEAD VENETICO, MAPLE CRYSTAL) arriving into Auckland’s Chelsea Sugar Refinery berth from Koh Sichang, Thailand for her maiden call. She has however... Date: 7 June 2024 Image ID 13541
23. SOUTHERN PROGRESS - originally a 35m Lyttelton-based fishing boat but more recently a vessel used to deliver aid to Pacific island villages, is towed into Auckland for scrapping after being abandoned... Date: 12 April 2024 Image ID 13504
24. CHOKYO MARU NO. 68 (IMO 8809218) - a 49m Japanese fishing boat which ran aground off The Noises islands early yesterday morning on her approach to Auckland, is towed into late yesterday afternoon by... Date: 16 April 2024 Image ID 13491
25. CHOKYO MARU NO. 68 (IMO 8809218) - a 49m Japanese fishing boat which ran aground off The Noises islands early yesterday morning on her approach to Auckland, is towed into late yesterday afternoon by... Date: 16 April 2024 Image ID 13488
26. CHOKYO MARU NO. 68 (IMO 8809218) - a 49m Japanese fishing boat which ran aground off The Noises islands early yesterday morning on her approach to Auckland, is towed into late yesterday afternoon by... Date: 16 April 2024 Image ID 13487
27. GSL KITHIRA (2009/52726gt/65937dwt/IMO 9407885) departing the Fergusson Container Terminal bound for Lyttelton assisted by the fully electric tug SPARKY. She is owned by China Merchants Bank of PRC,... Date: 6 April 2024 Image ID 13461
28. KAITIAKI - Total Marine's 10.79m steel single screw tug/general workboat had at work on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Date: 26 March 2024 Image ID 13454
29. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) - now in the colours of Total Marine of Auckland was built by Marine Steel of Auckland and based on a North American design. At just under 20m in length... Date: 26 March 2024 Image ID 13453
30. NIVAGA III (2015/1337GT/60.5m/imo 9739707) - arriving back into Auckland’s Wynyard Wharf following trials in the Hauraki Gulf since having undergone refit and refurb at the Titan Marine shipyard in... Date: 26 March 2024 Image ID 13448
31. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Port of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug. Date: 2 Novemeber 2023 Image ID 13239
32. PLAYA ZAHARA - The Vigo-registered (Spanish) fishing boat, a regular sight in Auckland, is towed back into port by the tug Christine Mary following yet another engine breakdown which saw her anchored... Date: 28 August 2023 Image ID 13151
33. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13068
34. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13067
35. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13066
36. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13065
37. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13064
38. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13063
39. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13062
40. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the... Date: 20 May 2023 Image ID 13061
41. MAHIA (1970/34grt) - one of the familiar little red and black tugboats of Auckland. She is operated by Thomson Towboats out of St. Mary's Bay. Date: 24 April 2023 Image ID 13032
42. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) - Auckland's very own preserved vintage steam tug. Date: 20 MArch 2023 Image ID 12996
43. PAIWAN WISDOM (2010/19825grt/31967dwt/IMO 9427122) outbound from Auckland bound for Timaru. She is owned, managed and operated by Wisdom Marine Lines of Taiwan. Assisting is SPARKY, the world's first... Date: 3 April 2023 Image ID 12978
44. PAIWAN WISDOM (2010/19825grt/31967dwt/IMO 9427122) outbound from Auckland bound for Timaru. She is owned, managed and operated by Wisdom Marine Lines of Taiwan. Assisting is SPARKY, the world's first... Date: 3 April 2023 Image ID 12977
45. Royal Caribbean's 348m long QUANTUM OF THE SEAS (2014/IMO 9549463/168666gt) made her maiden call at Auckland today arriving in port from Tauranga just after sunrise.
She is the second of RCL's... Date: 22 March 2023 Image ID 12962
46. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) the swastika on her anchors may cause a certain amount of puzzlement but according to http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland212.html... Date: 20 March 2023 Image ID 12935
47. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) the swastika on her anchors may cause a certain amount of puzzlement but according to http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland212.html... Date: 20 March 2023 Image ID 12934
48. Royal Caribbean's OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) first call in two and a half years, arriving late morning from Sydney, Australia, made for a very busy day at Ports of... Date: 29 November 2022 Image ID 12759
49. The “Grand Old Lady” of the Waitemata Harbour - the preserved veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/323gt/LR No: 5390345) heading back to her berth at Devonport at the end of another tourist... Date: 16 October 2022 Image ID 12710
50. The “Grand Old Lady” of the Waitemata Harbour - the preserved veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/323gt/LR No: 5390345) heading back to her berth at Devonport at the end of another tourist... Date: 18 October 2022 Image ID 12709
51. Celebrity Cruises 2010-built, 317.14m CELEBRITY ECLIPSE (121878gt/IMO 9404314) arrived into Auckland from Raiatea, French Polynesia this morning, resplendent in her new Celebrity livery and with... Date: 18 October 2022 Image ID 12699
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