8/22/2014

Neptune Pacific Line (NPL) is to buy South Seas operator Polynesian Shipping Line (PSL).

Polynesian Shipping Line chairman Charlie Westerlund said: "The time is now right for shareholders to withdraw from shipping, and we are pleased to be able to sell the business to a professional, like-minded and well-managed company in Neptune Pacific Line."

The Auckland-based Polynesian Shipping Line operates four feederships between Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and other islands. Polynesian Shipping Line owns 50% of Pacific Forum Line with the government of Samoa. The line is a subsidiary of Petroleum Products Supplies of Samoa