SeaLink New Zealand

SeaLink New Zealand, formerly part of SeaLink Travel Group, operates a vehicle, passenger and freight ferry service on the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland.

This article is about SeaLink operating in Auckland. For Australian SeaLink operations, see SeaLink Travel Group.

SeaLink New Zealand
TypePrivate
IndustryFerry & Logistics Company
Founded1 November 1960 (as Subtrizky Shipping Services)
FounderHerbert Subritzky
Headquarters
Auckland
,
New Zealand
Area served
Auckland
ServicesAuckland Car and Passenger Ferry Services, Logistics
OwnerLyncroft Holdings Ltd
Websitewww.sealink.co.nz/
The Seacat near Waiheke Island

History

SeaLink NZ started as a ferry company owned by the Subritzky family in Auckland in 1960. During this time it went by various trading names including Subritzky Shipping, Subritzky Shipping Line, and Subritzky on the Hauraki Gulf. A change of ownership in 2004 saw the purchase of the company by Kangaroo Island SeaLink, a leading South Australian tourism company and in December 2005 the company was renamed the SeaLink Travel Group. At this point, the company started to focus on tourism and the SeaLink Holidays brand was born.

Subritzky Shipping operated the first self-propelled vehicle ferry to Waiheke Island with the vessel Port Kennedy. Later on, the company began to trade as SubritzkyLine. Before being sold to SeaLink, the SubritzkyLine fleet was as follows:

The Seamaster arriving at Wynyard Wharf
  • Port Kennedy - Bowloader
  • HA Subritzky - Bowloader
  • MN Subritzky - Bowloader
  • BK Subritzky - Bowloader - Built 2001, freight only vessel
  • SeaLink - Sternloader - operated Great Barrier Island service.
  • Seaway II - Catamaran - Built 1996
  • Seacat - Catamaran - Built 2004

After the purchase of the Seacat, SubritzkyLine came into financial trouble.

In September 2004, SeaLink Kangaroo Island purchased SubritzkyLine. The sale included only four vessels. SeaLink brought over the vessel Island Navigator for the Great Barrier Island services.

In December 2005, the company began operating under the SeaLink brand.

FreightLink was renamed as SeaLink Logistics in 2018 when it was brought under the SeaLink Travel Group umbrella.[1]

In 2011 the company quietly reverted to New Zealand ownership after 7 successful years in the hands of SeaLink Travel Group in Australia and is now owned by Lyncroft Properties.

In 2014 SeaLink purchased Pine Harbour ferries, adding three fast passenger ferries to the fleet. Closely followed was the purchase of Clipper V (a second 98 seater) giving Pine Harbour a total of four passenger ferries to cover the Pine Harbour to Pier 1D, Auckland City commuter service.

Fleet
Name Image Shipyard Launched Capacity Tonnage Length
Sea Quest China GuangZhou HuaHang Shipbuilding, Guangzhou, China[2] 2022
1 years ago		 30 cars[3]
10 bikes[4]
299 passengers[3]		 497 GT[3] 44.8m[2]
Seabridge New Zealand Heron Ship Repair, Whangārei, New Zealand[5] 2013
10 years ago		 24 cars[6]
10 bikes[4]
250 passengers[7]		 482 GT 46.22m[7]
Seacat Australia South Pacific Marine, Burpengary, Australia
Australia Southern Hemisphere Shipyards, Brisbane, Australia[8]		 2004
19 years ago		 55 cars[9]
10 bikes[4]
400 passengers[10]		 573 GT[11] 49.5m[10]
Seaway II Australia Australia[11] 1996
27 years ago		 24 cars[6]
10 bikes[4]
300 passengers[12]		 281 GT 37.85m[12]
Island Navigator 1988
35 years ago		 53 cars[13]
10 bikes[4]
195 passengers[14]		 361 GT 37.95m[14]
Seamaster
(sold in 2023)		 1983
40 years ago		 24 cars[6]
10 bikes[4]
300 passengers[15]		 41.38m[15]
Pine Harbour Passenger Ferries
Clipper V New Zealand Q-West, Whanganui, New Zealand 2015[16]
8 years ago		 98[16] 17.7m[16]
Clipper IV New Zealand Q-West, Whanganui, New Zealand 2011[17]
12 years ago		 98[17] 17.7m[17]
Clipper III New Zealand Q-West, Whanganui, New Zealand 2008[18]
15 years ago		 48[18] 14.95m[18]
Clipper II New Zealand Q-West, Whanganui, New Zealand 2006[19]
17 years ago		 48[19] 14.95m[19]

Services

Waiheke Island

SeaLink operates up to 13 services a day from Half Moon Bay in East Auckland to Kennedy Point, Waiheke Island. The vessel Seacat operates the majority of these services, with the Seaway II operating services for the morning and evening commuter runs. The vessel Seamaster (formerly the MN Subritzky) focuses on the freight and larger truck operations for SeaLink from Half Moon Bay.

During the Summer period, on a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, Seaway II operates a service from Wynyard Quarter in Downtown Auckland to Kennedy Point, Waiheke.

Great Barrier Island

SeaLink operates the only year-round car and freight ferry service to Great Barrier Island, using the vessel Island Navigator. Services are from Hamer Street, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland to Tryphena Great Barrier Island. Charter services are also available that can arrive into Tryphena, Port Fitzroy and/or Whangaparapara.

Pine Harbour

SeaLink operates up to 25 services a day from Pine Harbour Marina in Beachlands to the Auckland CBD, using the Clipper Fleet. With Larger Clipper's IV and V operating the peak hour services. From 19 March to 25 April there were Weekend services as a Trial service in partnership with Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi.[20]


See also

References
  1. SeaLink Logistics SeaLink New Zealand
  2. "44.8m FERRY".
  3. "Sea Quest". sealink.co.nz. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. "Car Ferry Timetables from Auckland City to Waiheke - SeaLink". Archived from the original on 17 September 2023.
  5. "SeaLink new build ferry". shiprepair.co.nz. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. "Seabridge". sealink.co.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. "Profession Skipper ISSUE 41". skipper.co.nz. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. "Professional Skipper - Issue 41". skipper.co.nz. October 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  9. "Seacat". sealink.co.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  10. "SeaLink at 60". sealink.co.nz. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  11. "Seaway II". sealink.co.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  12. Huang, Nick. "A modified Ecological Footprint method for assessing sustainable transport in the Auckland Region" (PDF). The University of Auckland. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  13. "Island navigator". sealink.co.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  14. "Seamaster". sealink.co.nz. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  15. "Clipper V :: Q-West". www.q-west.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  16. "Clipper IV :: Q-West". www.q-west.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  17. "Clipper III :: Q-West". www.q-west.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  18. "Clipper II :: Q-West". www.q-west.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  19. "Long-awaited Pine Harbour weekend ferry trial sets sail". Auckland Transport. Auckland Transport. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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