1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Blue Bridge's new ship has arrived in Wellington. It took 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: six weeks. It sailed all the way from Denmark. Shane 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 1: McMahon is the CEO of Straight in Z which is 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: the owner of blue Bridge and with us nowhy Shane. 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: Did I hear that? How you doing? 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm well, thank you? How you doing? That was quite 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: a fuss for its arrival, wasn't it? 8 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: It was? And I'm just looking out the window. So 9 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: vessel arrived just before nine this morning. We've taken on 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: about six hundred thousand meters of fuel today and I'm 11 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: just watching her birth for the first time at Glasgow Wharf. 12 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: So it's been a very exciting day. 13 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: Shane. You announced in March that you'd bought it, but 14 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: how long had it taken to get to that point 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: of actually buying it and announcing it. 16 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: We had sign off from our board two days prior 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 2: to Christmas that we had the green light to saurce 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 2: a replacement for the Straight Fernia, so it's really been 19 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: seven months from where to go. But I would say 20 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: we've got very very good, deep relationships with other operators 21 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: up in Europe, and I think that's the reason we've 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: been able to move so quickly here. 23 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: So can you explain why it takes you seven months 24 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: from the minute that you go, okay, we're going to 25 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: buy it. We've got permission to buyership. Let's buyership. From 26 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: that point to the ship arriving, it takes you seven months. 27 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: And it's twenty months since we canceled the last lot 28 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: for Key we Roll. We still haven't bought anything. 29 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we talk about this a lot as 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: a team. You know, we can't control what our competitor does. 31 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 2: All we can do is focus on what it is 32 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: that we do to make the service better for our customers. 33 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: So it has been it's been an enormous effort from 34 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 2: the team to get the vessel in here. Today we're 35 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 2: still not there. We've got the next twenty days. We've 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: got a lot of work crew familiarizations and safety checks 37 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: and what have you, and then the vessel will come 38 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: into service on the twenty third of July. I think 39 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: you know, as a business, we're a private business. We've 40 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: invested well over two hundred million new fleet over the 41 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: last three years, and we're doing that because obviously we 42 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: want to be able to supply safe, reliable services. We're 43 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 2: also trying to push and grow capacity on cook straight. 44 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: So when we bought the Kindomar and two years ago, 45 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 2: that increased capacity by thirty five percent, and when Olivia 46 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 2: comes in and what is it three weeks time, we'll 47 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: have another ten percent uplift in capacity. 48 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: Is your vessel Bortle least we purchased it is brought 49 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: so it is a straight comparison then, So just one 50 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: final question on this. When the guys the officials said, hey, 51 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: there told us this is re key, we rail there 52 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: are no secondhand vessels available in the world. That's obviously 53 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: not true because you just bought one. 54 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 2: Yep, the Olivia is a second and vessel. She's been 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: flying her trade between Latvia and Germany and we're just 56 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: super excited to be getting her into service. 57 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: All Right, you've just really made a case for why 58 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: we might need to partially privatize k e ale. I 59 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: really appreciate it, at least the fairy business. Shane McMahon 60 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: straight in zid. 61 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: CEO for more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. 62 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: Listen live to News Talk ZIDB from four pm weekdays, 63 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.