Editing Transport in New Zealand (section)

===Merchant marine fleet===
; Ships by type: Bulk 3, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, container 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 2 
:''total'': 15 ({{As of|2015|lc=on}})<ref name="statistics"/>

As of 2021 the current container ship is the 1700 [[twenty-foot equivalent unit|teu]] ''Moana Chief'', which is operated by Pacifica Shipping, a subsidiary of the [[China Navigation Company]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pacship.co.nz/moana-chief-profile/ |title=Moana Chief Profile |publisher=Pacifica Shipping |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref> and was introduced in 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Pacifica Shipping to upgrade with larger vessel |url= https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1908/S00206/pacifica-shipping-to-upgrade-with-larger-vessel.htm |publisher=Swire Shipping |date=7 August 2019 |via=Scoop |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

==== History ====
Government subsidies were used to establish routes, or increase frequencies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ocean mail-services |year=1904 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1904-I.2.2.4.7 |work=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |access-date=2020-07-12 |via=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> For example, in 1902 up to £30,000 a year was being offered to provide ships linking to specified South African ports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 January 1902|title=Steam service between New Zealand and South Africa |work= [[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19020128.2.79.6|access-date=2020-07-12|via=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
The [[Merchant navy#New Zealand Merchant Navy|merchant marine was affected by World War 2]], but by 1950 the flagged fleet totalled 2,884.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction|url=https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/1428|access-date=2020-07-12|website=New Zealand Ship and Marine Society}}</ref>