- Port Authority & Service Vessels

1. HARBOURMASTER 6 approaching Birkenhead Wharf, Auckland.
Date: 7 June 2024
Image ID 13545

2. 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

3. 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 13540

4. DEODAR III - the Auckland Police high-speed launch based at Mechanics Bay on the city's waterfront, heading back toher Mechanics Bay base. She is the third police vessel to carry the name DEODAR.
Date: 10 April 2024
Image ID 13470

5. NORDMAAS (2019/19035gt/23417dwt/IMO 9822736) arriving from Sydney in a stiff southerly breeze. She is owned and managed by Nord GmbH Reederei of Germany and operated by Maersk A/S of Denmark. She is...
Date: 29 MArch 2024
Image ID 13467

6. NORDMAAS (2019/19035gt/23417dwt/IMO 9822736) arriving from Sydney in a stiff southerly breeze. She is owned and managed by Nord GmbH Reederei of Germany and operated by Maersk A/S of Denmark. She is...
Date: 29 MArch 2024
Image ID 13466

7. NORWEGIAN SPIRIT (1998/75904gt/8530DWT/IMO 9141065, ex-SUPERSTAR LEO) sails from Auckland bound for Tauranga. She is seen here moments before disembarking the pilot with the pilot launch AKARANA at...
Date: 3 January 2023
Image ID 12808

8. QUEEN ELIZABETH (2010/90901gt/IMO 9477498) en-route to Melbourne, Australia seen as the Ports of Auckland pilot launch heads back to port.
Date: 1 January 2023
Image ID 12798

9. OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) - the pilot boat heads back to port after disembarking the pilot as the cruise ship heads to the Bay of Islands.
Date: 31 December 2022
Image ID 12795

10. OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) - the pilot boat heads back to port after disembarking the pilot as the cruise ship heads to the Bay of Islands.
Date: 31 December 2022
Image ID 12794

11. OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) - the pilot boat heads back to port after disembarking the pilot as the cruise ship heads to the Bay of Islands.
Date: 31 December 2022
Image ID 12793

12. The 53m Tongan-flagged cargo-passenger ferry OTUANGA’OFA (2010/1534gt/IMO 9570357} arrives in Auckland today taking on bunker fuel soon after berthing. M/V Otuanga’ofa operates between the...
Date: 5 October 2022
Image ID 12696

13. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - the New Zealand police launch DEODAR III takes a close look at Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug boat, as she...
Date: 16 July 2022
Image ID 12618

14. WAKATERE - Ports of Auckland's pilot launch. The first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m beam and...
Date: 6 May 2022
Image ID 12564

15. HARBOURMASTER 02 - in pursuit of a rule breaker, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Note the flashing blue light.
Date: 3 August 2020
Image ID 12414

16. 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: 2 October 2020
Image ID 12413

17. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest...
Date: 26 June 2020
Image ID 12412

18. SZECHUEN (2014/25483grt/31288dwt/IMO 9614543. Renamed VANUATU CHIEF in August 2021) - China Navigation’s 2082-TEU container ship sails from Auckland as the Auckland police launch DEODAR III passes...
Date: 16 November 2020
Image ID 12335

19. SOFRANA SURVILLE (2009/9684grt/12502dwt/IMO 9408372, ex-AVRA, SOFRANA TOURVILLE) outbound from Auckland en-route to Noumea. She is accompanied by the Ports of Auckland pilot launch AKARANA. SOFRANA...
Date: 3 August 2020
Image ID 12250

20. JDS INAZUMA - the Murasame-class destroyer departs Auckland accompanied by the Ports of Auckland pilot launch WAKATERE, following a 4-day goodwill stop-over (with the training ship JDS KASHIMA)....
Date: 7 September 2019
Image ID 11874

21. LUCHOW (2015/24785grt/39728dwt/IMO 9715218) - China Navigation's bulk carrier outbound from Auckland following her maiden call, with the Ports of Auckland pilot launch WAKATERE alongside, next port,...
Date: 8 April 2019
Image ID 11720

22. AUCKLAND COASTGUARD (ASB RESCUE) departs Westhaven Marina.
Date: 23 March 2019
Image ID 11708

23. DEODAR III - 18.5 metre police launch patrols Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Built by Q-West boatbuilders in Whanganui and commissioned on 15 December 2007, the NZ$2.8million vessel can reach 30 knots...
Date: 23 November 2018
Image ID 11536

24. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 28 September 2018
Image ID 11473

25. FAILTE (2012) - carrying the name of the Irish word for "welcome", the Cork pilot launch was built by local company Safehaven Marine. She is seen here at speed alongside the P&O cruise ship AZURA as...
Date: July 2018
Image ID 11373

26. BROOKLANDS (2017/72700grt/18322dwt/IMO 9748289) leaving port bound for a gulf anchorage after undergoing fumigation and pre-discharge protocols while alongside at Wynyard Wharf, Auckland. Owned and...
Date: 29 April 2018
Image ID 11302

27. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) about to cross the finish line of the 178th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. The pilot launch WAKATERE, Harbourmaster's RIB and a local yachtie...
Date: 29 January 2018
Image ID 11168

28. FERRO (1905) seen during her first trip since being completely refurbished. The former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch was re-launched on the 100th anniversary of her original launching.
Date: 29 November 2005
Image ID 11140

29. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11058

30. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11057

31. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11056

32. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11055

33. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11054

34. PRACTICOS VII - pilot launch serving the port of La Coruna, Spain. Completed in 2015 by Seaward at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, the Nelson 40-type vessel is 12.34m loa with a full load displacement of...
Date: 20 April 2017
Image ID 10950

35. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch makes for Wynyard Wharf to embark the liot for the sailing of the livestock carrier OCEAN UTE.
Date: 16 April 2017
Image ID 10914

36. NORTH SHORE RESCUE - Coastguard North Shore's new vessel touches the water for the for the first time after her official naming at their base in Browns Bay, Auckland.
Date: 4 March 2017
Image ID 10887

37. NORTH SHORE RESCUE (naming/launching ceremony) - The bubbly is poured on her bows by MP for East Coast Bays the Rt. Hon. Murray McCully who was on hand for the momentous occasion. He was joined by...
Date: 4 March 2017
Image ID 10886

38. NORTH SHORE RESCUE - The new vessel is presented to the invited guests during the official naming and launching ceremony held at the Coastguard North Shore base in Browns Bay, Auckland.
Date: 4 March 2017
Image ID 10885

39. DEODAR III - the crew of Auckland's high-speed police launch, take a quiet moment from patrol to check out the heavy transport semisubmersible vessel YACHT EXPRESS, with superyachts aboard, as she...
Date: 6 January 2017
Image ID 10811

40. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats passes the Indonesian Navy's KRI BANDA ACEH (LPD593), a Makassar-class Landing Platform Dock, during the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary...
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10731

41. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats passes the Japanese destroyer JDS TAKANAMI (D110) during the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary celebrations. WAKATERE is the first foil assisted...
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10730

42. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m...
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10729

43. CIPBB TE KUPUKA - a police patrol boat all the way from the Cook Islands.
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10717

44. DEODAR III - an 18.5 metre Auckland police launch passes the Royal New Zealand Navy's Anzac frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F 111), Auckland Harbour.
Date: 16 November 2016
Image ID 10644

45. DEODAR III - an 18.5 metre Auckland police launch. Commissioned on 15 December 2007, she can reach 30 knots and remain away from shore for up to a week.
Date: 16 November 2016
Image ID 10643

46. MAERSK JABAL (2008/27910gt/39241dwt/2824-TEU/IMO 9343077, ex-BRIGHT FUTURE, ex-KOTA PERMASAN) alongside at Auckland's Fergusson Container Terminal. The former Auckland twin-hulled pilot launch...
Date: 4 September 2016
Image ID 10566

47. HARBOURMASTER 2 - the crew check use of lifejackets during their patrol of Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 4 February 2010
Image ID 10388

48. HARBOURMASTER 1 returns to base following a busy morning patrolling Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 10387

49. HARBOURMASTER 1 - on patrol, Waitemata HArbour, Auckland.
Date: 28 February 2016
Image ID 10386

50. 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 10364

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