Strait Shipping

StraitNZ
Industry Passenger and freight shipping
Founded 1992
Founder Jim Barker
Headquarters Wellington, New Zealand
Area served
 New Zealand
Subsidiaries Bluebridge
Website www.straitnz.co.nz
The Santa Regina in Wellington Harbour

StraitNZ (formerly Strait Shipping Limited) is a New Zealand firm that operates roll-on/roll-off freight and passenger shipping across the Cook Strait, between Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island. Passenger services commenced in 2002 and operate under the Bluebridge brand.[1][2] Strait Shipping has in the past also operated freight shipping between Wellington and Napier, also in the North Island, and Nelson and Lyttelton in the South Island.

The firm started operations in 1992[2] to compete with the Interisland Line, owned by the then state-owned enterprise New Zealand Rail Limited.

Fleet

Current

Name Built Entered service Gross tonnage Passengers Notes
Straitsman2005201013,906 GT
Strait Feronia1997201521,856 GT

Past

Name Built Entered service Gross tonnage Passengers Notes
Straitsman19721992 - 20041,481 GTnow Sinu-I-Wasa with Venu Shipping
Suilven19741995 - 20043,638 GT
Kent19772001 - 20106,862 GT
Santa Regina19852002 - 201514,588 GT
Monte Stello19792006 - 201011,630 GT

References

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.bluebridge.co.nz/aboutus
  2. 1 2 "The Strait Shipping story". Strait Shipping. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

Further reading

  • Pollard, Neil (2007). Straitsman: Lifeline to an Island. Caulfield South, Vic.: Nautical Association of Australia. ISBN 9780959907988.
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