Category: News

It’s been 1 year since the Port Whangarei Marine Centre (PWMC) lifted its first vessel. In November 2015 the PWMC commenced operations with its newly commissioned 100T travel lift. With a fully sealed hardstand, extensive refit/paint shed options, high quality crew amenities and services it has quickly established itself as the boatyard of choice in […]

Pauline and Rene, owners of ‘Bounty’, put out a generous invitation last night to the staff of Port Whangarei Marine Centre and other Yachties in the boatyard to join them for dinner. Pauline has a reputation for excellent cooking so there was a full house at the marine centre yacht club. This friendly and gracious […]

Oceania Marine has two large paint facilities at North and South Shipyards suitable for larger yachts and is a leading coatings applicator in the South Pacific region. With the recent establishment of the Port Whangarei Marine Centre at South Shipyard, Port Whangarei, New Zealand it can now provide an efficient and cost competitive undercover painting option […]

Oceania Marine’s Port Whangarei Marine Centre (located at South Shipyard in Port Whangarei, New Zealand) were pleased to once again sponsor the Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous, held over the last weekend of June. This is a great event, organized by Latitude 38 from the USA and locally by Stéphanie Betz and her team at Archipelagoes in […]

Misty morning haulout at Port Whangarei Marine Centre for a 25M motor yacht arriving for refit works to be carrird out under cover in Refit Bay 3 (CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO VIEW)

As the Southern Hemisphere enters winter the global cruising fleet has departed from Port Whangarei for the Pacific tropical islands. The attraction being that the Southern tropical latitudes are safe from cyclones and experience dryer conditions at this time of year with the added advantage of stable trade winds. For New Zealand the domestic fleet […]

http://oceaniainteriors.com/2016/05/30/yacht-compliments-oceania-interiors-on-work-done/  

This serious explorer superyacht has just been hauled out at the Port Whangarei Marine Center. The 100t travelift handled the 34 metre vessel with ease and after a quick prop change relaunched her. The yacht is a recent new-build by Circa Marine located nearby in Port Whangarei and poised to depart on a long ocean passage. […]

The classy 25M Game Fisher ‘Ata Rangi’ (translated from Maori means ‘Morning Sky’) has just hauled out at Port Whangarei Marine Centre on the 100t travel lift. She is in the midst of a busy game fishing season and needed a quick and efficient turnaround for survey requirements. The Marine Centre was pleased to oblige.

Vessel owners and crew on the hardstand at the new Port Whangarei Marine Centre are very complimentary about the facilities available at the boat yard particularly for “live-aboard” yachtsmen and yachtswomen. Located at Oceania Marine‘s South Shipyard, Port Whangarei, New Zealand it is a convenient stop-over when crossing the Pacific. The 4 hectare site has […]