Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Dom Kalasih: Transporting NZ CEO on the Government announcing cost relief measures to tackle fuel crisis

Transcript

Dom Kalasih: Transporting NZ CEO on the Government announcing cost relief measures to tackle fuel crisis · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: So government's announcing its first change to help us from
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: will stop us potentially from running out of fuel, lowering
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: the quality specifications for imports to match the Aussies. Just
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: don't call it dirty. Don Calassie is transporting in z' CEO,
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: former z Energy Logistics manager with us this morning.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: Dome, get a morning, Ryan.
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: They're not doing sulfur with these changes. Why are they
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: not doing sulfur? And will they what they are announcing
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: make much of a difference do you think?
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: Look, well, firstly, I think it's great that officials are
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: looking at alternative options. I think part of good risk
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: management is look at those water scenarios. So I think,
• 0:40
  Speaker 2: you know, we're a long way from having to get
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: Australian fuel, but if we got to that stage, then
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: they're construing it in terms of the sulfur content that
• 0:51
  Speaker 2: ultimately affects how the harmful emissions are treated in the
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: engine management system. And so we were asked by officials
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: about our view on what needed to happen with the
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: solf content, and we've said, look, just sit with the
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: New Zealand standard because if we had higher sulfur then
• 1:12
  Speaker 2: modern engine management systems would need to be adjusted to
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: cope with that after treatment.
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: So we have adapted to a lower sulfur environment and
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: it was very hard to turn that ship around.
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: Look, hindflight's wonderful things, but we went for low sulfur
• 1:34
  Speaker 2: because that was a good thing for the environment, and
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: in fact, many other countries have too. In fact, we
• 1:42
  Speaker 2: rely on largely on international manufacturers for our truck engines
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: and effect for our trucks. You know, they're coming from
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: the US, Europe and Japan, so we're not unusual in
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: that regard.
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: If then we need to ration, obviously you guys will
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: be wanting first DIBs on diesel.
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: Look, I think it's again, transport is one part of
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: a supplied chain. You these what is clearly really important
• 2:13
  Speaker 2: for the economy that goes from food production right through
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: to transport. I think if we do need a ration,
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: and again that's something that I think it's important we
• 2:28
  Speaker 2: play what's in front of us now and what we
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: can see right now is granted there's been some short
• 2:36
  Speaker 2: term disruptions for stockets that truck stops, but we believe
• 2:41
  Speaker 2: the government there's probably six weeks off fuel left in
• 2:46
  Speaker 2: the country. The ships that are programmed are on their way,
• 2:51
  Speaker 2: and so it's important the economy should travel, it should keep.
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: Functioning, and don't get too carried away with ourselves. Don't
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: appreciate your rationaldest Morning Don Calassie transporting ends in CEO.
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live
• 3:07
  Speaker 2: to News Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio