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wards to international regulations gov-
erned by international laws. One of the
biggest problems is that governments
often ratify International agreements
at different times so Silver Fern Ship-
ping has to regularly monitor what is
happening across the rest of the world
too.
Working closely with the
oil industry
On a local level, the company’s cli-
ent is Coastal Oil Logistics Limited.
The company specializes in petroleum
product tanker scheduling on behalf of
the three major oil companies of New
Zealand. As such, they schedule both
of Silver Fern Shipping’s modern tank-
ers. Coastal Oil Logistics directs the
vessels to pick up the products from
the refinery and then transport them
to various chosen locations.
Silver Fern Ship-
ping
maintains
contact
with
Coastal Oil Logis-
tics on a daily ba-
sis to make sure
that everything is
coordinated per-
fectly. The sched-
ule is based on
supply and de-
mand
which
means that it has
to be very flexi-
ble. Warren and
his team in Wellington are tasked with
handling the everyday business as
well as planning ahead for the future.
Thankfully, the two companies have a
synergetic relationship. Both parties
reap the benefits of a smooth opera-
tion allowing everyone to succeed in
the market.
Health and safety during
transportation
Warren says that there are a couple
of key indicators against which Silver
Fern Shipping’s performance is meas-
ured. First of all, the industry at large
is very much focused on health, safe-
ty and Environmental responsibility. As
such, it is key that the company per-
forms to a high standard. Importantly,
Silver Fern Shipping has an enviable
record with zero loss of product to the
environment. In addition to that, the
availability of the vessels is incredibly
important. For the last two years, the
company has had
a 100 percent up-
time, an impres-
sive feat for the
shipping industry.
Technological in-
fluences also have
a large part to play
here: “There’s cer-
tainly a lot more
automation
on
board
vessels
now. Things that
used to be con-
trolled by manual
valves are now automated and man-
aged from a control room. The engines
SILVER FERN SHIPPING
A DIVISION OF THE ASP GROUP