As many of your are aware North Canterbury has suffered a severe earthquake and this has been felt by many across New Zealand.
Please see below for specific reports from Mainfreight and Courier Post:
Mainfreight update:
Earthquake New Zealand 14 November 2016
“Early reports concerning the welfare of our team appear favourable with no injuries or significant damage to personal property. At 5.00 am this morning the Wellington council publically announced a recommendation that workers stay at home due to passenger rail services suspended and the CBD requiring clearance from structural engineers for safety purposes. Other outlaying towns and parts of Christchurch are equally disrupted.
Where practical we will endeavour to provide limited delivery services for freight already in our Wellington and Christchurch depots. To avoid unnecessary congestion at this time whilst connections into these regions have been severely impacted we advise early that we will suspend collecting general freight destined for these two regions and outlaying districts until further notice. Our teams will look to prioritise the movement of critical supplies such as food as options emerge. Our operational teams are currently surveying all possible options to navigate network blockages as information comes available.”
https://www.mainfreight.com/global/en/news/earthquake-new-zealand-14-november-2016.aspx
Courier Post update:
Service disruption following the earthquake
14 November
“CourierPost is assessing sites in the areas affected by last night’s earthquake.
Cook Strait ferry sailings have been cancelled and there are road closures between Picton and Christchurch which means there will be delays to the transportation and delivery of some courier items.
In Wellington there are currently no courier deliveries to businesses in the central business district and Petone.”
https://www.courierpost.co.nz/about-us/latest-news/service-disruption-following-the-earthquake/
Interislander update:
“At this time ferry sailings have been cancelled until a full assessment can be made of the terminals in Wellington and Picton.
The Kaiarahi is currently standing off Picton and the Kaitaki and Aratere are at anchor in Wellington Harbour.
Check back during the day for further updates. We ask that all our friends and family stay safe throughout New Zealand.”