Editing Nelson, New Zealand (section)

===Maritime transport===
Port Nelson is the maritime gateway for the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions and an important hub for economic activity. The following [[shipping companies]] call at the port:
* [[Australian National Line]] / [[CMA CGM]]
* [[Maersk Line]]
* [[Mediterranean Shipping Company]]
* [[Pacifica Shipping]]
* [[Toyofuji Shipping]]
* [[Swire Group|Swire Shipping]]

In the mid-1994, a group of local businessmen, fronted by local politician [[Owen Jennings]], proposed building a [[port|deep-water port]] featuring a one-kilometre-long wharf extending from the Boulder Bank into Tasman Bay, where giant ships could berth and manoeuvre with ease. Known as Port Kakariki, the $97 million project was to become the hub to ship West Coast coal to Asia, as well as handling logs, which would be barged across Tasman Bay from Mapua.<ref name="pie">{{cite news|date=31 July 2010|title=Pie in the (blue) sky ideas|work=[[The Nelson Mail]] |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/lifestyle-entertainment/weekend/3978490/Pie-in-the-blue-sky-ideas|access-date=21 August 2016|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518082949/http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/lifestyle-entertainment/weekend/3978490/Pie-in-the-blue-sky-ideas|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2010, the Western Blue Highway, a Nelson to [[New Plymouth]] ferry service, was proposed by [[Port Taranaki]]. However, to date, neither the [[Interislander]] nor [[Bluebridge]] have shown any interest in the route.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 2010|title=Western Blue Highway Transport Study|url=http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/western-blue-highway-transport-study/docs/western-blue-highway-transport-study.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201247/http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/western-blue-highway-transport-study/docs/western-blue-highway-transport-study.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|access-date=8 August 2016|website=Nzta.govt.nz}}</ref>

The [[Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company]] was formed 31 March 1901 from the earlier companies of Nathaniel Edwards & Co (1857–1880) and the Anchor Steam Shipping Company (1880–1901). The Anchor Company never departed from its original aim of providing services to the people of Nelson and the West Coast of the South Island and was never a large company; it only owned 37 ships during its history. At its peak around 1930, there were 16 vessels in the fleet. The company operated three nightly return trips per week ferry service between Nelson and [[Wellington]] and a daily freight service was maintained between the two ports in conjunction with the Pearl Kasper Shipping Company, while another service carried general cargo on a Nelson–[[Onehunga]] route. In 1974, the Anchor Company was sold and merged into the [[Union Company]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anchor Shipping & Foundry Co. Ltd |url=http://www.nzcoastalshipping.com/anchor.html |website=New Zealand Coastal Shipping |publisher=Nzcoastalshipping.com |access-date=3 January 2014|archive-date=15 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115221853/http://www.nzcoastalshipping.com/anchor.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>