3.1.3 Sea Change Draft Strategy
The New Zealand Government released a draft policy document “sea Change” in october 2007 driven by a that coastal shipping is not taking a growing share of the freight market because it is slow, inconvenient, and usually part of a higher cost supply chain. other areas of concern are the unequal cost structures and subsidization of other services. The document notes that the twenty first century has different imperatives and it makes sense to have shipping integrated into the mix with the aspiration that imports and exports go by sea and coastal feeder services would be logical for inter regiona freight. The policy highlights that “ Sea Change” is a signal of the government's strong commitment to coastal shipping and of its belief that coastal shipping and of its belief that coastal shipping has an essential role to play in