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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